diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/functional/__init__.py b/python/paddle/nn/functional/__init__.py
index d4514479ca343..b3e17f5fbd34a 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/functional/__init__.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/functional/__init__.py
@@ -261,4 +261,5 @@
     'multi_margin_loss',
     'soft_margin_loss',
     'gaussian_nll_loss',
+    'scaled_dot_product_attention',
 ]
diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/functional/flash_attention.py b/python/paddle/nn/functional/flash_attention.py
index 178e3ebc90fa7..b36bd5d74ec7b 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/functional/flash_attention.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/functional/flash_attention.py
@@ -407,4 +407,57 @@ def flash_attn_unpadded(
     return out, softmax if return_softmax else None
 
 
-scaled_dot_product_attention = flash_attention
+def scaled_dot_product_attention(
+    query, key, value, attn_mask=None, dropout_p=0.0, is_causal=False
+):
+    r"""
+    The equation is:
+
+    .. math::
+
+        result=softmax(\frac{ Q * K^T }{\sqrt{d}}) * V
+
+    where : ``Q``, ``K``, and ``V`` represent the three input parameters of the attention module.
+    The dimensions of the three parameters are the same.
+    ``d`` represents the size of the last dimension of the three parameters.
+
+    Warning:
+        This API only supports inputs with dtype float16 and bfloat16.
+
+    Args:
+        query(Tensor): The query tensor in the Attention module.
+                        4-D tensor with shape:
+                        [batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim].
+                        The dtype can be float61 or bfloat16.
+        key(Tensor): The key tensor in the Attention module.
+                        4-D tensor with shape:
+                        [batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim].
+                        The dtype can be float61 or bfloat16.
+        value(Tensor): The value tensor in the Attention module.
+                        4-D tensor with shape:
+                        [batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim].
+                        The dtype can be float61 or bfloat16.
+        attn_mask(Tensor,optional): A float mask of the same type as query,
+                        key, value that is added to the attention score.
+                        not supported yet.
+        dropout_p(float): The dropout ratio.
+        is_causal(bool): Whether enable causal mode.
+
+    Returns:
+        out(Tensor): The attention tensor.
+                    4-D tensor with shape: [batch_size, seq_len, num_heads, head_dim].
+                    The dtype can be float16 or bfloat16.
+
+    Examples:
+        .. code-block:: python
+            # required: skiptest
+            >>> # xdoctest: +SKIP()
+            >>> import paddle
+            >>> q = paddle.rand((1, 128, 2, 16), dtype=paddle.bfloat16)
+            >>> output = paddle.nn.functional.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, q, q, None, 0.9, False)
+            >>> print(output)
+            >>> # xdoctest: -SKIP
+    """
+    assert attn_mask is None, "attn_mask is not supported yet"
+    out, _ = flash_attention(query, key, value, dropout_p, is_causal)
+    return out
diff --git a/test/legacy_test/test_flash_attention.py b/test/legacy_test/test_flash_attention.py
index da5febf4de3e6..6bde691bd2f95 100644
--- a/test/legacy_test/test_flash_attention.py
+++ b/test/legacy_test/test_flash_attention.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from paddle.nn.functional.flash_attention import (
     flash_attention,
     flash_attn_unpadded,
+    scaled_dot_product_attention,
 )
 
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.causal = False
         self.return_softmax = False
         self.use_sdp_kernel = False
+        self.use_sdp_api = False
 
     def test_unpadded(self):
         print(
@@ -212,9 +214,15 @@ def test_all(self):
                 enable_flash=self.enable_flash,
                 enable_mem_efficient=self.enable_mem_efficient,
             ):
-                out, _ = flash_attention(
-                    q, k, v, self.dropout, self.causal, self.return_softmax
-                )
+                if self.use_sdp_api:
+                    out = scaled_dot_product_attention(
+                        q, k, v, None, self.dropout, self.causal
+                    )
+                else:
+                    out, _ = flash_attention(
+                        q, k, v, self.dropout, self.causal, self.return_softmax
+                    )
+
         else:
             out, _ = flash_attention(
                 q, k, v, self.dropout, self.causal, self.return_softmax
@@ -253,14 +261,19 @@ def test_all(self):
                     enable_flash=self.enable_flash,
                     enable_mem_efficient=self.enable_mem_efficient,
                 ):
-                    outs, softmax = flash_attention(
-                        qs,
-                        ks,
-                        vs,
-                        self.dropout,
-                        self.causal,
-                        self.return_softmax,
-                    )
+                    if self.use_sdp_api:
+                        outs = scaled_dot_product_attention(
+                            qs, ks, vs, None, self.dropout, self.causal
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        outs, softmax = flash_attention(
+                            qs,
+                            ks,
+                            vs,
+                            self.dropout,
+                            self.causal,
+                            self.return_softmax,
+                        )
             else:
                 outs, softmax = flash_attention(
                     qs, ks, vs, self.dropout, self.causal, self.return_softmax
@@ -334,6 +347,22 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.causal = False
         self.return_softmax = False
         self.use_sdp_kernel = True
+        self.use_sdp_api = False
+        self.enable_math = True
+        self.enable_flash = False
+        self.enable_mem_efficient = False
+
+
+class TestSDPAttentionAPITest(TestFlashAttentionAPI):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.place = paddle.CUDAPlace(0)
+        self.shape = (8, 1024, 16, 128)
+        self.dtype = paddle.float16
+        self.dropout = 0.0
+        self.causal = False
+        self.return_softmax = False
+        self.use_sdp_kernel = True
+        self.use_sdp_api = True
         self.enable_math = True
         self.enable_flash = False
         self.enable_mem_efficient = False