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Why do identical Keras models sometimes produce different results across runs even with fixed seeds?

Updated May 16, 2026

Short answer

Non-determinism arises from GPU operations, multithreading, and non-deterministic kernels.

Deep explanation

Even with fixed seeds, TensorFlow operations on GPUs may use atomic operations or parallel reductions that are not strictly deterministic. Data loading order, floating-point precision differences, and library-level optimizations also introduce variability.

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