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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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