How to determine if the difference between the outputs from different frameworks is acceptable?

[poweiw]

Hi team, I did the outputs comparison over my onnx and engine via polygraphy, here is the result I got,

[I] Comparing Output: 'image_embed' (dtype=float32, shape=(1, 256, 64, 64)) with 'image_embed' (dtype=float32, shape=(1, 256, 64, 64))
[I] Tolerance: [abs=1e-05, rel=1e-05] | Checking elemwise error
[I] trt-runner-N0-07/02/25-14:51:06: image_embed | Stats: mean=0.017427, std-dev=0.41016, var=0.16823, median=0.018033, min=-2.275 at (0, 175, 31, 46), max=2.2183 at (0, 78, 59, 0), avg-magnitude=0.31484, p90=0.51308, p95=0.65992, p99=1.0627
[I] ---- Histogram ----
Bin Range | Num Elems | Visualization
(-2.27 , -1.83 ) | 1036 |
(-1.83 , -1.38 ) | 2521 |
(-1.38 , -0.927 ) | 10504 |
(-0.927 , -0.478 ) | 90076 | ########
(-0.478 , -0.0283) | 368189 | ##################################
(-0.0283, 0.421 ) | 421553 | ########################################
(0.421 , 0.87 ) | 135590 | ############
(0.87 , 1.32 ) | 14542 | #
(1.32 , 1.77 ) | 4208 |
(1.77 , 2.22 ) | 357 |
[I] onnxrt-runner-N0-07/02/25-14:51:06: image_embed | Stats: mean=0.017427, std-dev=0.41016, var=0.16823, median=0.018033, min=-2.275 at (0, 175, 31, 46), max=2.2183 at (0, 78, 59, 0), avg-magnitude=0.31484, p90=0.51308, p95=0.65992, p99=1.0627
[I] ---- Histogram ----
Bin Range | Num Elems | Visualization
(-2.27 , -1.83 ) | 1036 |
(-1.83 , -1.38 ) | 2521 |
(-1.38 , -0.927 ) | 10504 |
(-0.927 , -0.478 ) | 90077 | ########
(-0.478 , -0.0283) | 368189 | ##################################
(-0.0283, 0.421 ) | 421552 | ########################################
(0.421 , 0.87 ) | 135590 | ############
(0.87 , 1.32 ) | 14542 | #
(1.32 , 1.77 ) | 4208 |
(1.77 , 2.22 ) | 357 |
[I] Error Metrics: image_embed
[I] Minimum Required Tolerance: elemwise error | [abs=4.4644e-05] OR [rel=0.82618] (requirements may be lower if both abs/rel tolerances are set)
[I] Absolute Difference | Stats: mean=1.1709e-06, std-dev=1.1147e-06, var=1.2425e-12, median=8.9407e-07, min=0 at (0, 0, 0, 0), max=4.4644e-05 at (0, 204, 38, 61), avg-magnitude=1.1709e-06, p90=2.481e-06, p95=3.1292e-06, p99=4.8578e-06
[I] ---- Histogram ----
Bin Range | Num Elems | Visualization
(0 , 4.46e-06) | 1033928 | ########################################
(4.46e-06, 8.93e-06) | 13333 |
(8.93e-06, 1.34e-05) | 868 |
(1.34e-05, 1.79e-05) | 260 |
(1.79e-05, 2.23e-05) | 126 |
(2.23e-05, 2.68e-05) | 38 |
(2.68e-05, 3.13e-05) | 17 |
(3.13e-05, 3.57e-05) | 5 |
(3.57e-05, 4.02e-05) | 0 |
(4.02e-05, 4.46e-05) | 1 |
[I] Relative Difference | Stats: mean=3.0263e-05, std-dev=0.0014917, var=2.2251e-06, median=3.5821e-06, min=0 at (0, 0, 0, 0), max=0.82618 at (0, 42, 8, 21), avg-magnitude=3.0263e-05, p90=2.3614e-05, p95=4.7767e-05, p99=0.00023932
[I] ---- Histogram ----
Bin Range | Num Elems | Visualization
(0 , 0.0826) | 1048549 | ########################################
(0.0826, 0.165 ) | 15 |
(0.165 , 0.248 ) | 5 |
(0.248 , 0.33 ) | 2 |
(0.33 , 0.413 ) | 1 |
(0.413 , 0.496 ) | 3 |
(0.496 , 0.578 ) | 0 |
(0.578 , 0.661 ) | 0 |
(0.661 , 0.744 ) | 0 |
(0.744 , 0.826 ) | 1 |
[E] FAILED | Output: 'image_embed' | Difference exceeds tolerance (rel=1e-05, abs=1e-05)
[E] FAILED | Mismatched outputs: ['image_embed']
[E] Accuracy Summary | trt-runner-N0-07/02/25-14:51:06 vs. onnxrt-runner-N0-07/02/25-14:51:06 | Passed: 0/1 iterations | Pass Rate: 0.0%
I know there would be a difference between the outputs of the engine and other frameworks, but to what extent we think the difference is acceptable, and the built engine is correctly converted from the onnx model.

Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks in advance