diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/neighbors/brute_force.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/neighbors/brute_force.cuh
index 47e00a012f..8e8f36c2c3 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/neighbors/brute_force.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/neighbors/brute_force.cuh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ namespace raft::sparse::neighbors::brute_force {
 /**
  * Search the sparse kNN for the k-nearest neighbors of a set of sparse query vectors
  * using some distance implementation
+ * template parameter value_idx is the type of the Indptr and Indices arrays.
+ * template parameter value_t is the type of the Data array.
  * @param[in] idxIndptr csr indptr of the index matrix (size n_idx_rows + 1)
  * @param[in] idxIndices csr column indices array of the index matrix (size n_idx_nnz)
  * @param[in] idxData csr data array of the index matrix (size idxNNZ)
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/neighbors/knn.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/neighbors/knn.cuh
index bffbf6c943..7b93ea4d0d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/neighbors/knn.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/neighbors/knn.cuh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace raft::sparse::neighbors {
  * @param[in] metric distance metric/measure to use
  * @param[in] metricArg potential argument for metric (currently unused)
  */
-template <typename value_idx = int, typename value_t = float, int TPB_X = 32>
+template <typename value_idx = int, typename value_t = float>
 void brute_force_knn(const value_idx* idxIndptr,
                      const value_idx* idxIndices,
                      const value_t* idxData,
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void brute_force_knn(const value_idx* idxIndptr,
  * @param[in] metric distance metric/measure to use
  * @param[in] metricArg potential argument for metric (currently unused)
  */
-template <typename value_idx = int, typename value_t = float, int TPB_X = 32>
+template <typename value_idx = int, typename value_t = float>
 void brute_force_knn(raft::device_csr_matrix<value_t,
                                              value_idx,
                                              value_idx,
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void brute_force_knn(raft::device_csr_matrix<value_t,
  * @param[in] metric distance metric/measure to use
  * @param[in] metricArg potential argument for metric (currently unused)
  */
-template <typename value_idx = int, typename value_t = float, int TPB_X = 32>
+template <typename value_idx = int, typename value_t = float>
 void brute_force_knn(raft::device_coo_matrix<value_t,
                                              value_idx,
                                              value_idx,
diff --git a/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
index fe1128622f..6826f32eca 100644
--- a/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -329,8 +329,16 @@ if(BUILD_TESTS)
   )
 
   ConfigureTest(
-    NAME SPARSE_NEIGHBORS_TEST PATH sparse/neighbors/cross_component_nn.cu
-    sparse/neighbors/brute_force.cu sparse/neighbors/knn_graph.cu LIB EXPLICIT_INSTANTIATE_ONLY
+    NAME
+    SPARSE_NEIGHBORS_TEST
+    PATH
+    sparse/neighbors/cross_component_nn.cu
+    sparse/neighbors/brute_force.cu
+    sparse/neighbors/brute_force_coo.cu
+    sparse/neighbors/brute_force_csr.cu
+    sparse/neighbors/knn_graph.cu
+    LIB
+    EXPLICIT_INSTANTIATE_ONLY
   )
 
   ConfigureTest(
diff --git a/cpp/test/preprocess_utils.cu b/cpp/test/preprocess_utils.cu
index 5734128373..6f0fcbdf17 100644
--- a/cpp/test/preprocess_utils.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/preprocess_utils.cu
@@ -40,24 +40,26 @@ struct check_zeroes {
 };
 
 template <typename T1, typename T2>
-void preproc_kernel(raft::resources& handle,
-                    raft::host_vector_view<T1> h_rows,
-                    raft::host_vector_view<T1> h_cols,
-                    raft::host_vector_view<T2> h_elems,
-                    raft::device_vector_view<T2> results,
-                    int num_rows,
-                    int num_cols,
-                    bool tf_idf)
+void preproc_coo(raft::resources& handle,
+                 raft::host_vector_view<T1> h_rows,
+                 raft::host_vector_view<T1> h_cols,
+                 raft::host_vector_view<T2> h_elems,
+                 raft::device_vector_view<T2> results,
+                 int num_rows,
+                 int num_cols,
+                 bool tf_idf)
 {
   cudaStream_t stream = raft::resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
   int rows_size       = h_rows.size();
   int cols_size       = h_cols.size();
   int elements_size   = h_elems.size();
   auto device_matrix  = raft::make_device_matrix<T2, int64_t>(handle, num_rows, num_cols);
-  raft::matrix::fill<float>(handle, device_matrix.view(), 0.0f);
+  raft::matrix::fill<T2>(handle, device_matrix.view(), 0.0f);
   auto host_matrix = raft::make_host_matrix<T2, int64_t>(handle, num_rows, num_cols);
   raft::copy(host_matrix.data_handle(), device_matrix.data_handle(), device_matrix.size(), stream);
 
+  raft::resource::sync_stream(handle, stream);
+
   for (int i = 0; i < elements_size; i++) {
     int row               = h_rows(i);
     int col               = h_cols(i);
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ void preproc_kernel(raft::resources& handle,
              output_cols_lengths.size(),
              stream);
 
-  auto output_cols_length_sum = raft::make_device_scalar<int>(handle, 0);
+  auto output_cols_length_sum = raft::make_device_scalar<T1>(handle, 0);
   raft::linalg::mapReduce(output_cols_length_sum.data_handle(),
                           num_cols,
                           0,
@@ -89,12 +91,12 @@ void preproc_kernel(raft::resources& handle,
                           raft::add_op(),
                           stream,
                           output_cols_lengths.data_handle());
-  auto h_output_cols_length_sum = raft::make_host_scalar<int>(handle, 0);
+  auto h_output_cols_length_sum = raft::make_host_scalar<T1>(handle, 0);
   raft::copy(h_output_cols_length_sum.data_handle(),
              output_cols_length_sum.data_handle(),
              output_cols_length_sum.size(),
              stream);
-  float avg_col_length = float(h_output_cols_length_sum(0)) / num_cols;
+  T2 avg_col_length = T2(h_output_cols_length_sum(0)) / num_cols;
 
   auto output_rows_freq = raft::make_device_matrix<T2, int64_t>(handle, 1, num_rows);
   raft::linalg::reduce(output_rows_freq.data_handle(),
@@ -116,13 +118,13 @@ void preproc_kernel(raft::resources& handle,
                        false,
                        stream,
                        false,
-                       check_zeroes<float, float>());
+                       check_zeroes<T2, T2>());
   auto h_output_rows_cnt = raft::make_host_matrix<T2, int64_t>(handle, 1, num_rows);
   raft::copy(
     h_output_rows_cnt.data_handle(), output_rows_cnt.data_handle(), output_rows_cnt.size(), stream);
 
   auto out_device_matrix = raft::make_device_matrix<T2, int64_t>(handle, num_rows, num_cols);
-  raft::matrix::fill<float>(handle, out_device_matrix.view(), 0.0f);
+  raft::matrix::fill<T2>(handle, out_device_matrix.view(), 0.0f);
   auto out_host_matrix = raft::make_host_matrix<T2, int64_t>(handle, num_rows, num_cols);
   auto out_host_vector = raft::make_host_vector<T2, int64_t>(handle, results.size());
 
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ void preproc_kernel(raft::resources& handle,
         out_host_matrix(row, col) = 0.0f;
       } else {
         float tf  = float(val / h_output_cols_lengths(0, col));
-        float idf = raft::log<float>(num_cols / h_output_rows_cnt(0, row));
+        float idf = raft::log<T2>(num_cols / h_output_rows_cnt(0, row));
         if (tf_idf) {
           result = tf * idf;
         } else {
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ int get_dupe_mask_count(raft::resources& handle,
                              values.data_handle(),
                              stream);
 
-  raft::sparse::op::compute_duplicates_mask<int>(
+  raft::sparse::op::compute_duplicates_mask<T1>(
     mask.data_handle(), rows.data_handle(), columns.data_handle(), rows.size(), stream);
 
   int col_nnz_count = thrust::reduce(raft::resource::get_thrust_policy(handle),
@@ -193,15 +195,15 @@ void remove_dupes(raft::resources& handle,
 {
   cudaStream_t stream = raft::resource::get_cuda_stream(handle);
 
-  auto col_counts = raft::make_device_vector<int, int64_t>(handle, columns.size());
+  auto col_counts = raft::make_device_vector<T1, int64_t>(handle, columns.size());
 
   thrust::fill(raft::resource::get_thrust_policy(handle),
                col_counts.data_handle(),
                col_counts.data_handle() + col_counts.size(),
                1.0f);
 
-  auto keys_out   = raft::make_device_vector<int, int64_t>(handle, num_rows);
-  auto counts_out = raft::make_device_vector<int, int64_t>(handle, num_rows);
+  auto keys_out   = raft::make_device_vector<T1, int64_t>(handle, num_rows);
+  auto counts_out = raft::make_device_vector<T1, int64_t>(handle, num_rows);
 
   thrust::reduce_by_key(raft::resource::get_thrust_policy(handle),
                         rows.data_handle(),
@@ -210,19 +212,19 @@ void remove_dupes(raft::resources& handle,
                         keys_out.data_handle(),
                         counts_out.data_handle());
 
-  auto mask_out = raft::make_device_vector<float, int64_t>(handle, rows.size());
+  auto mask_out = raft::make_device_vector<T2, int64_t>(handle, rows.size());
 
-  raft::linalg::map(handle, mask_out.view(), raft::cast_op<float>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(mask));
+  raft::linalg::map(handle, mask_out.view(), raft::cast_op<T2>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(mask));
 
-  auto values_c = raft::make_device_vector<float, int64_t>(handle, values.size());
+  auto values_c = raft::make_device_vector<T2, int64_t>(handle, values.size());
   raft::linalg::map(handle,
                     values_c.view(),
                     raft::mul_op{},
                     raft::make_const_mdspan(values),
                     raft::make_const_mdspan(mask_out.view()));
 
-  auto keys_nnz_out   = raft::make_device_vector<int, int64_t>(handle, num_rows);
-  auto counts_nnz_out = raft::make_device_vector<int, int64_t>(handle, num_rows);
+  auto keys_nnz_out   = raft::make_device_vector<T1, int64_t>(handle, num_rows);
+  auto counts_nnz_out = raft::make_device_vector<T1, int64_t>(handle, num_rows);
 
   thrust::reduce_by_key(raft::resource::get_thrust_policy(handle),
                         rows.data_handle(),
@@ -231,18 +233,18 @@ void remove_dupes(raft::resources& handle,
                         keys_nnz_out.data_handle(),
                         counts_nnz_out.data_handle());
 
-  raft::sparse::op::coo_remove_scalar<float>(rows.data_handle(),
-                                             columns.data_handle(),
-                                             values_c.data_handle(),
-                                             values_c.size(),
-                                             out_rows.data_handle(),
-                                             out_cols.data_handle(),
-                                             out_vals.data_handle(),
-                                             counts_nnz_out.data_handle(),
-                                             counts_out.data_handle(),
-                                             0,
-                                             num_rows,
-                                             stream);
+  raft::sparse::op::coo_remove_scalar<T2>(rows.data_handle(),
+                                          columns.data_handle(),
+                                          values_c.data_handle(),
+                                          values_c.size(),
+                                          out_rows.data_handle(),
+                                          out_cols.data_handle(),
+                                          out_vals.data_handle(),
+                                          counts_nnz_out.data_handle(),
+                                          counts_out.data_handle(),
+                                          0,
+                                          num_rows,
+                                          stream);
 }
 
 template <typename T1, typename T2>
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ void create_dataset(raft::resources& handle,
   auto d_out = raft::make_device_vector<T1, int64_t>(handle, rows.size() * 2);
 
   int theta_guide = max(num_rows_unique, num_cols_unique);
-  auto theta      = raft::make_device_vector<float, int64_t>(handle, theta_guide * 4);
+  auto theta      = raft::make_device_vector<T2, int64_t>(handle, theta_guide * 4);
 
   raft::random::uniform(handle, rng, theta.view(), 0.0f, 1.0f);
 
@@ -275,9 +277,9 @@ void create_dataset(raft::resources& handle,
                                      stream,
                                      rng);
 
-  auto vals = raft::make_device_vector<int, int64_t>(handle, rows.size());
+  auto vals = raft::make_device_vector<T1, int64_t>(handle, rows.size());
   raft::random::uniformInt(handle, rng, vals.view(), 1, max_term_occurence_doc);
-  raft::linalg::map(handle, values, raft::cast_op<float>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(vals.view()));
+  raft::linalg::map(handle, values, raft::cast_op<T2>{}, raft::make_const_mdspan(vals.view()));
 }
 
 };  // namespace raft::util
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cpp/test/sparse/preprocess_coo.cu b/cpp/test/sparse/preprocess_coo.cu
index b26e5122d7..44dac88cdb 100644
--- a/cpp/test/sparse/preprocess_coo.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/sparse/preprocess_coo.cu
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void calc_tfidf_bm25(raft::resources& handle,
              stream);
   raft::copy(
     h_elems.data_handle(), coo_in.get_elements().data(), coo_in.get_elements().size(), stream);
-  raft::util::preproc_kernel<T1, T2>(
+  raft::util::preproc_coo<T1, T2>(
     handle, h_rows.view(), h_cols.view(), h_elems.view(), results, num_rows, num_cols, tf_idf);
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/test/sparse/preprocess_csr.cu b/cpp/test/sparse/preprocess_csr.cu
index eab270ce79..e48aabcaa4 100644
--- a/cpp/test/sparse/preprocess_csr.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/sparse/preprocess_csr.cu
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void calc_tfidf_bm25(raft::resources& handle,
   raft::copy(h_rows.data_handle(), rows.data_handle(), rows.size(), stream);
   raft::copy(h_cols.data_handle(), indices.data_handle(), cols_size, stream);
   raft::copy(h_elems.data_handle(), values.data_handle(), values.size(), stream);
-  raft::util::preproc_kernel<T1, T2>(
+  raft::util::preproc_coo<T1, T2>(
     handle, h_rows.view(), h_cols.view(), h_elems.view(), results, num_rows, num_cols, tf_idf);
 }