diff --git a/src/gopt/impl/profiler_impl.cpp b/src/gopt/impl/profiler_impl.cpp
index 38f7e6ca90946def2fefcd39fa8086cd51ee87f0..a760245c562cb0047455676b90c0fb7739fb5523 100644
--- a/src/gopt/impl/profiler_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/gopt/impl/profiler_impl.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "megbrain/opr/imgproc.h"
 #include "megbrain/opr/nn_int.h"
 #include "megbrain/opr/io.h"
+#include "megbrain/opr/nn_int.h"
 #include "megbrain/plugin/base.h"
 #include "megbrain/serialization/sereg.h"
 
@@ -246,6 +247,8 @@ float ProfilerImpl::profile_operator(const OperatorNodeBase* opr,
     }
     auto new_opr = serialization::copy_opr_shallow(
             *opr, new_inps, opr->config(), {graph.get()});
+    if (!m_opr_filter(opr, new_opr))
+        return PROFILE_TIME_OUT;
     auto y = new_opr->output(0);
     auto mark = MarkInputContiguous::make(SymbolVar(y));
     auto func = graph->compile({{mark, {}}});
@@ -338,6 +341,8 @@ float ProfilerImpl::profile_operator(
         !mgb::gopt::intl::has_available_algo(new_inps, y->owner_opr()))
         return PROFILE_TIME_OUT;
 #endif
+    if (!m_opr_filter(opr, y->owner_opr()))
+        return PROFILE_TIME_OUT;
     auto mark = MarkInputContiguous::make(SymbolVar(y));
     auto func = graph->compile({{mark, {}}});
     auto new_opr = y->owner_opr();
@@ -384,6 +389,9 @@ float ProfilerImpl::profile_var_node(const VarNode* var,
     auto builder = ReformatManager::instance().auto_aligned_reformat_featrue(
             var, base_format, key);
     auto y = builder({aligned_var.node()});
+    if (!m_var_node_filter(var, aligned_tensor_shape, y->shape(),
+                           TensorFormat{}))
+        return PROFILE_TIME_OUT;
     ThinHashSet<OperatorNodeBase*> set;
     DepOprIter iter([&set](OperatorNodeBase* opr) { set.insert(opr); });
     iter.add(y->owner_opr());
@@ -503,6 +511,40 @@ ProfilerImpl::ProfilingResult ProfilerImpl::profile(
 }
 
 /* ================== ProfilerBase =================*/
+ProfilerBase::ProfilerBase(float opr_threshold, float var_node_threshold)
+        : m_opr_threshold{opr_threshold},
+          m_var_node_threshold{var_node_threshold} {
+    m_opr_filter = [this](const OperatorNodeBase* opr,
+                          OperatorNodeBase* new_opr) {
+        float comp1 = m_opr_footprint.get_computation(
+                const_cast<OperatorNodeBase*>(opr));
+        float comp2 = m_opr_footprint.get_computation(new_opr);
+        if (comp2 > m_opr_threshold * comp1)
+            return false;
+        return true;
+    };
+    m_var_node_filter = [this](const VarNode* var, TensorShape from,
+                               TensorShape to, TensorFormat format) {
+        TensorFormat default_;
+        TensorLayout orig_ly, from_ly, to_ly;
+        if (format == default_) {
+            orig_ly = {var->shape(), var->dtype()};
+            from_ly = {from, var->dtype()};
+            to_ly = {to, var->dtype()};
+        } else {
+            orig_ly = {var->shape(), var->dtype(), format};
+            from_ly = {from, var->dtype(), format};
+            to_ly = {to, var->dtype(), format};
+        }
+        float orig_memory = orig_ly.span().dist_byte() * 2.f;
+        float reformat_memory =
+                from_ly.span().dist_byte() + to_ly.span().dist_byte();
+        if (reformat_memory > orig_memory * m_var_node_threshold)
+            return false;
+        return true;
+    };
+}
+
 std::string ProfilerBase::OperatorNodeRecord::to_string() const {
     auto str = ssprintf("\nopr type: %s\nopr name: %s\ninputs:\n",
                         opr->dyn_typeinfo()->name, opr->cname());
diff --git a/src/gopt/include/megbrain/gopt/global_layout_transform.h b/src/gopt/include/megbrain/gopt/global_layout_transform.h
index 9a851869a42ed3483ed55adce0a3720a2134a280..5d72971756a91a974f69ee27ab0489c22317a4ea 100644
--- a/src/gopt/include/megbrain/gopt/global_layout_transform.h
+++ b/src/gopt/include/megbrain/gopt/global_layout_transform.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "megbrain/gopt/reformat_manager.h"
 #include "megbrain/gopt/subgraph_extractor.h"
 #include "megbrain/opr/dnn/convolution.h"
+#include "megbrain/plugin/opr_footprint.h"
 
 namespace mgb {
 namespace gopt {
@@ -218,11 +219,27 @@ public:
         /// A hashmap, that maps the var node to the costs of layout transform
         ThinHashMap<VarNode*, VarNodeRecord> var_record;
     };
+    using OprFilter = thin_function<bool(const cg::OperatorNodeBase*,
+                                         cg::OperatorNodeBase*)>;
+    using VarNodeFilter = thin_function<bool(const VarNode*, TensorShape,
+                                             TensorShape, TensorFormat)>;
 
-    ProfilerBase() = default;
+    ProfilerBase(float opr_threshold = 2.f, float var_node_threshold = 2.f);
+    ProfilerBase(OprFilter opr_filter, VarNodeFilter var_node_filter = {})
+            : m_opr_filter{std::move(opr_filter)},
+              m_var_node_filter{std::move(var_node_filter)} {}
     virtual ~ProfilerBase() = default;
     virtual ProfilingResult profile(const Problem& problem) const = 0;
     static std::unique_ptr<ProfilerBase> make_profiler();
+
+protected:
+    OprFilter m_opr_filter;
+    VarNodeFilter m_var_node_filter;
+    float m_opr_threshold;
+    float m_var_node_threshold;
+
+private:
+    OprFootprint m_opr_footprint;
 };
 
 /*!