diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d64a3fbbff..1bebabf62f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ repos:
         pass_filenames: false
       - id: tests
         name: subset of tests
-        entry: env PYTHONPATH="." python3 -m pytest -n=8 test/test_ops.py test/test_dtype.py test/test_schedule.py test/test_assign.py
+        entry: env OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 PYTHONPATH="." python3 -m pytest -n=8 test/test_ops.py test/test_dtype.py test/test_schedule.py test/test_assign.py
         language: system
         always_run: true
-        pass_filenames: false
\ No newline at end of file
+        pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_python.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_python.py
index 0815596021..b8ed1654d2 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_python.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_python.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # works to test the tensor cores, and all the uops in general
 # this is the (living) definition of uops
 from typing import Any, TYPE_CHECKING, cast
-import pickle, base64, itertools, time, struct, sys
+import pickle, base64, itertools, time, struct, sys, functools
 from tinygrad.dtype import DType, dtypes, ImageDType, PtrDType, truncate, float_to_bf16, float_to_fp8, fp8_to_float
 from tinygrad.helpers import all_same, getenv, flatten, get_single_element, EMULATE
 from tinygrad.device import Compiled, Compiler, Allocator
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ def _store(m, i, v, dtype: DType):
   if i < 0 or i >= len(m): raise IndexError(f"store out of bounds, size is {len(m)}, access is {i}, value is {v}")
   m[i] = to_storage_scalar(v, dtype)
 
+# here are the models for the WMMA instruction on the different hardware
+def generic_wmma_helper(inp, warp_size, WARP_THREADS, K, NUM_A, NUM_B, NUM_C, a_elem, b_elem, c_map):
+  for cc, tinp, num in zip(("A", "B", "C"), inp, (NUM_A, NUM_B, NUM_C)):
+    assert len(tinp) == num, f"{cc} must have {num} elements per thread, it has {len(tinp)}"
+    assert len(flatten(tinp)) == num * warp_size, f"WMMA must have {num * warp_size} total elements for {cc} in WMMA"
+  assert warp_size > 0 and warp_size % WARP_THREADS == 0, f"must have multiples of {WARP_THREADS} warp threads"
+  out = [inp[2][elem_idx][:] for elem_idx in range(NUM_C)]
+  for goff in range(0, warp_size, WARP_THREADS):
+    for lane_id in range(WARP_THREADS):
+      for elem_idx in range(NUM_C): # calculate new muls and add to acc
+        (c_i, c_j) = c_map(lane_id, elem_idx)
+        out[elem_idx][goff+lane_id] += sum(a_elem(inp[0], _k, c_j, goff) * b_elem(inp[1], c_i, _k, goff) for _k in range(K))
+  return out
+
 class PythonProgram:
   def __init__(self, name:str, lib:bytes):
     self.uops: list[tuple[Ops, DType|None, list[int], Any]] = pickle.loads(lib)
@@ -125,23 +139,10 @@ class PythonProgram:
             ul[i] = load(inp, 0, dtype)
         elif uop is Ops.GEP: ul[i] = inp[0][get_single_element(arg)]
         elif uop is Ops.WMMA:
-          # here are the models for the WMMA instruction on the different hardware
-          def wmma_helper(WARP_THREADS, K, NUM_A, NUM_B, NUM_C, a_elem, b_elem, c_map):
-            for cc, tinp, num in zip(("A", "B", "C"), inp, (NUM_A, NUM_B, NUM_C)):
-              assert len(tinp) == num, f"{cc} must have {num} elements per thread, it has {len(tinp)}"
-              assert len(flatten(tinp)) == num * warp_size, f"WMMA must have {num * warp_size} total elements for {cc} in WMMA"
-            assert warp_size > 0 and warp_size % WARP_THREADS == 0, f"must have multiples of {WARP_THREADS} warp threads"
-            out = [inp[2][elem_idx][:] for elem_idx in range(NUM_C)]
-            for goff in range(0, warp_size, WARP_THREADS):
-              for lane_id in range(WARP_THREADS):
-                for elem_idx in range(NUM_C): # calculate new muls and add to acc
-                  (c_i, c_j) = c_map(lane_id, elem_idx)
-                  out[elem_idx][goff+lane_id] += sum(a_elem(inp[0], _k, c_j, goff) * b_elem(inp[1], c_i, _k, goff) for _k in range(K))
-            return out
-
           first_src_dtype = self.uops[idp[0]][1]
           assert isinstance(first_src_dtype, DType) # mypy
           dims, dtype_in, device, threads = arg[1], first_src_dtype.scalar(), arg[4], arg[5]
+          wmma_helper = functools.partial(generic_wmma_helper, inp, warp_size)
           # TODO: refactor these to a shared TensorCoreLayout in kernel.py
           if device == "METAL":
             # A (2 elements on 32 threads): row major
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ class PythonProgram:
             ul[i] = wmma_helper(8, 16, 16, 16, 8, a_elem, b_elem, c_map)
           elif device == "CPU":
             def elem(x, col, row, _): return x[col+row][0] # k is always 0
-            def c_map(_, elem): return (elem%16, elem//16)
+            def c_map(lane, elem): return (elem%16, elem//16)
             ul[i] = wmma_helper(1, 1, 16, 16, 256, elem, elem, c_map)
           else: raise NotImplementedError(f"unimplemented tensor core {arg}")
         elif uop in GroupOp.ALU: