diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/flashinfer_backend.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/flashinfer_backend.py
index 16929498b..258659efa 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/flashinfer_backend.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/flashinfer_backend.py
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ import triton.language as tl
 from sglang.global_config import global_config
 from sglang.srt.layers.attention import AttentionBackend
 from sglang.srt.model_executor.forward_batch_info import ForwardBatch
-from sglang.srt.utils import get_bool_env_var, is_flashinfer_available
+from sglang.srt.utils import (
+    get_bool_env_var,
+    is_flashinfer_available,
+    should_use_tensor_core,
+)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sglang.srt.layers.radix_attention import RadixAttention
@@ -31,7 +35,6 @@ if is_flashinfer_available():
         BatchPrefillWithRaggedKVCacheWrapper,
     )
     from flashinfer.cascade import merge_state
-    from flashinfer.decode import _grouped_size_compiled_for_decode_kernels
 
 
 class WrapperDispatch(Enum):
@@ -45,19 +48,14 @@ class FlashInferAttnBackend(AttentionBackend):
     def __init__(self, model_runner: ModelRunner):
         super().__init__()
 
-        # Parse constants
-        if "SGLANG_FLASHINFER_USE_TENSOR_CORE" in os.environ:
-            self.decode_use_tensor_cores = get_bool_env_var(
-                "SGLANG_FLASHINFER_USE_TENSOR_CORE"
-            )
-        else:
-            if not _grouped_size_compiled_for_decode_kernels(
-                model_runner.model_config.num_attention_heads // model_runner.tp_size,
-                model_runner.model_config.get_num_kv_heads(model_runner.tp_size),
-            ):
-                self.decode_use_tensor_cores = True
-            else:
-                self.decode_use_tensor_cores = False
+        self.decode_use_tensor_cores = should_use_tensor_core(
+            kv_cache_dtype=model_runner.kv_cache_dtype,
+            num_attention_heads=model_runner.model_config.num_attention_heads
+            // model_runner.tp_size,
+            num_kv_heads=model_runner.model_config.get_num_kv_heads(
+                model_runner.tp_size
+            ),
+        )
 
         self.max_context_len = model_runner.model_config.context_len
 
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/utils.py b/python/sglang/srt/utils.py
index f9286e7f3..19ea78015 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/utils.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/utils.py
@@ -1108,3 +1108,51 @@ def cuda_device_count_stateless() -> int:
     # This can be removed and simply replaced with torch.cuda.get_device_count
     # after https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/122815 is released.
     return _cuda_device_count_stateless(os.environ.get("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES", None))
+
+
+def should_use_tensor_core(
+    kv_cache_dtype: torch.dtype,
+    num_attention_heads: int,
+    num_kv_heads: int,
+) -> bool:
+    """
+    Determine whether to use tensor cores for attention computation.
+
+    Args:
+        kv_cache_dtype: Data type of the KV cache
+        num_attention_heads: Number of attention heads
+        num_kv_heads: Number of key/value heads
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: Whether to use tensor cores
+    """
+    # Try to use environment variable first
+    env_override = os.environ.get("SGLANG_FLASHINFER_USE_TENSOR_CORE")
+    if env_override is not None:
+        return env_override.lower() == "true"
+
+    # Try to use _grouped_size_compiled_for_decode_kernels if available
+    # This is for flashinfer <=0.1.6. Otherwise, there is an accuracy bug
+    try:
+        from flashinfer.decode import _grouped_size_compiled_for_decode_kernels
+
+        if not _grouped_size_compiled_for_decode_kernels(
+            num_attention_heads,
+            num_kv_heads,
+        ):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+        pass
+
+    # Calculate GQA group size
+    gqa_group_size = num_attention_heads // num_kv_heads
+
+    # Determine based on dtype and GQA group size
+    if kv_cache_dtype in (torch.float8_e4m3fn, torch.float8_e5m2):
+        return True
+    elif kv_cache_dtype in (torch.float16, torch.half, torch.bfloat16):
+        return gqa_group_size > 4
+    else:
+        return False
diff --git a/scripts/deprecated/test_flashinfer.py b/scripts/deprecated/test_flashinfer.py
index 2929d7bb8..7e7282a3a 100644
--- a/scripts/deprecated/test_flashinfer.py
+++ b/scripts/deprecated/test_flashinfer.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from sglang.srt.layers.attention.triton_ops.extend_attention import (
     extend_attention_fwd,
     redundant_attention,
 )
+from sglang.srt.utils import should_use_tensor_core
 
 flashinfer_prefill_wrapper = None
 flashinfer_decode_wrapper = None
@@ -195,10 +196,9 @@ def test_batch_decode_with_paged_kv_cache(
 
 
 def init_flashinfer(num_attention_heads, num_kv_heads):
-    if not _grouped_size_compiled_for_decode_kernels(num_attention_heads, num_kv_heads):
-        use_tensor_cores = True
-    else:
-        use_tensor_cores = False
+    use_tensor_cores = should_use_tensor_core(
+        torch.half, num_attention_heads, num_kv_heads
+    )
 
     workspace_buffer = torch.empty(128 * 1024 * 1024, dtype=torch.int8, device="cuda")