OP points to a particular [implementation](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/17148) of the `mish` activation function for accuracy specifications, so I had to characterize this first. That implementation uses single precision (`float`), and is stable and accurate in the positive half-plane. In the negative half-plane, because it uses `logf` instead of `log1pf`, relative error quickly grows a $x\to-\infty$. Loss of accuracy starts around $-1$ and already at $-16.6355324$ the implementation falsely returns $0$, because $\exp(-16.6355324) = 2^{-24}$. The same accuracy and behavior can be achieved by using a simple mathematical transformation that eliminates $\mathrm{tahn}$, and considering that GPUs typically offer a fused multiply-add (FMA) as well as a fast reciprocal, which one would want to utilize. Exemplary CUDA code looks as follows: <!-- language: lang-c --> __device__ float my_mishf (float x) { float r; float e = expf (x); r = 1.0f / fmaf (fmaf (-0.5f, e, -1.0f), e, -1.0f); r = fmaf (r, x, x); return r; } As with the reference implementation pointed to by OP, this has excellent accuracy in the positive half-plane, and in the negative half-plane error increases rapidly so that at $-16.6355324$ the implementation falsely returns $0$. If there is a desire to address these accuracy issues, we can apply the following observations. For sufficiently small $x$, $f(x) = x \exp(x)$ to within floating-point accuracy. For `float` computation this holds for $x < -15$. For the interval $[-15,-1]$, we can use a rational approximation $R(x)$ to compute $f(x) := R(x)x\exp(x)$. Exemplary CUDA code looks as follows: <!-- language: lang-c --> __device__ float my_mishf (float x) { float r; if (x >= -1.0f) { float e = expf (x); r = 1.0f / fmaf (fmaf (-0.5f, e, -1.0f), e, -1.0f); r = fmaf (r, x, x); } else { float eh = expf (0.5f * x); float p = 1.03628484e-3f; // 0x1.0fa7e6p-10 p = fmaf (p, x, -7.28869531e-3f); // -0x1.ddac04p-8 p = fmaf (p, x, 3.47027816e-2f); // 0x1.1c4902p-5 p = fmaf (p, x, -3.54762226e-1f); // -0x1.6b46cap-2 p = fmaf (p, x, 8.58785570e-1f); // 0x1.b7b2c0p-1 p = fmaf (p, x, -1.38065982e+0f); // -0x1.6172ecp+0 p = fmaf (p, x, 5.97694337e-1f); // 0x1.3204fap-1 float q = 1.03527203e-3f; // 0x1.0f63eep-10 q = fmaf (q, x, -7.35638570e-3f); // -0x1.e21bacp-8 q = fmaf (q, x, 3.28683928e-2f); // 0x1.0d4204p-5 q = fmaf (q, x, -3.79927397e-1f); // -0x1.850bb2p-2 q = fmaf (q, x, 6.86127126e-1f); // 0x1.5f4c0cp-1 q = fmaf (q, x, -1.81509292e+0f); // -0x1.d0a9eep+0 q = fmaf (q, x, 1.00000000e+0f); // 0x1.000000p+0 r = (1.0f / q) * p; if (x < -15.0f) r = 1.0f; r = r * x * eh * eh; } return r; }