diff --git a/Ironwood/src/benchmark_collectives.py b/Ironwood/src/benchmark_collectives.py
index 69b4d212..08890385 100644
--- a/Ironwood/src/benchmark_collectives.py
+++ b/Ironwood/src/benchmark_collectives.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from benchmark_utils import MetricsStatistics
 from benchmark_utils import multiple_iteration_timeit_from_trace
 from benchmark_utils import ShardingStrategy
+from benchmark_utils import get_real_dtype_bytes
 from common import MARKER
 import jax
 from jax import core
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ def get_metrics_helper(
       for key, value in params
       if value is not None and key not in exclude_keys
   }
-  metadata["dtype"] = metadata["dtype"].dtype.itemsize
+  metadata["dtype"] = get_real_dtype_bytes(metadata["dtype"].dtype)
   return metadata
 
 
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ def unified_ici_collectives_metrics(
   hlo_first_replica_group = []
 
   input_num_elements = matrix_shape[0] * matrix_shape[1] * matrix_shape[2]
-  dtype_bytes = dtype.dtype.itemsize
+  dtype_name = dtype.dtype.name
+  dtype_bytes = get_real_dtype_bytes(dtype.dtype)
   if xla_output:
     xla_output_json = json.loads(xla_output)
     hlo_input_shape = xla_output_json.get("hlo_input_shape")
diff --git a/Ironwood/src/benchmark_hbm.py b/Ironwood/src/benchmark_hbm.py
index bb279f42..67f0429b 100644
--- a/Ironwood/src/benchmark_hbm.py
+++ b/Ironwood/src/benchmark_hbm.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from benchmark_utils import (
     MetricsStatistics,
     multiple_iteration_timeit_from_trace,
+    get_real_dtype_bytes,
 )
 from common import MARKER
 import jax
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ def single_device_hbm_copy_calculate_metrics(
     metrics = {}
 
     # Calculate throughput.
-    tensor_size_bytes = num_elements * dtype.dtype.itemsize
+    tensor_size_bytes = num_elements * get_real_dtype_bytes(dtype.dtype)
 
     tensor_size_gbytes = (tensor_size_bytes * 2) / 10**9
     time_statistics = MetricsStatistics(
diff --git a/Ironwood/src/benchmark_send_recv.py b/Ironwood/src/benchmark_send_recv.py
index 90950007..c7dd5db3 100644
--- a/Ironwood/src/benchmark_send_recv.py
+++ b/Ironwood/src/benchmark_send_recv.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import jax.sharding
 from benchmark_utils import (
     get_trace,
+    get_real_dtype_bytes,
 )
 from common import MARKER
 import tempfile
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def get_metrics_helper(
         for key, value in params
         if value is not None and key not in exclude_keys
     }
-    metadata['dtype'] = metadata['dtype'].dtype.itemsize
+    metadata['dtype'] = get_real_dtype_bytes(metadata['dtype'].dtype)
     return metadata
 
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ def send_recv_benchmark(
     device_count = jax.local_device_count()
     devices = mesh_utils.create_device_mesh((device_count,))
     mesh = jax.sharding.Mesh(devices, 'x')
-    item_size = jnp.dtype(dtype).itemsize
+    item_size = get_real_dtype_bytes(jnp.dtype(dtype))
     tensor_size_bytes = num_elements * item_size
     last_dim = tensor_size_bytes // (1 * 8 * item_size)
 
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ def send_recv_benchmark_calculate_metrics(
     metadata = get_metrics_helper(params)
     metrics = {}
 
-    tensor_size_bytes = num_elements * jnp.dtype(dtype).itemsize
+    tensor_size_bytes = num_elements * get_real_dtype_bytes(jnp.dtype(dtype))
     tensor_size_gbytes = tensor_size_bytes / 10**9
 
     metrics['runtime_ms (ms)'] = runtime_ms
diff --git a/Ironwood/src/benchmark_utils.py b/Ironwood/src/benchmark_utils.py
index e28f39e4..ccd4f4c1 100644
--- a/Ironwood/src/benchmark_utils.py
+++ b/Ironwood/src/benchmark_utils.py
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@
 import jax.extend
 from tensorflow.tsl.profiler.protobuf import xplane_pb2
 
+
+def get_real_dtype_bytes(dtype) -> float:
+  """Returns the real byte size of a dtype, handling sub-byte types."""
+  try:
+    return jnp.finfo(dtype).bits / 8
+  except Exception:
+    try:
+      return jnp.iinfo(dtype).bits / 8
+    except Exception:
+      return dtype.itemsize
+
+
 # The dictionary to map a JAX (collective) function to its main HLO.
 TARGET_TASK_NAME_COLLECTIVES_MAP = {
     "all_to_all_ici_op": r"all-to-all.[0-9]+",