diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-models.yml b/.github/workflows/test-models.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef40a1ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-models.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
+
+name: Validate torch-models on Shark Runtime
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Validate Models
+      run: |
+        cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+        ./setup_venv.sh
+        source shark.venv/bin/activate
+        pytest
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2a65783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[pytest]
+addopts = --verbose -p no:warnings
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fd673349..dd500bb2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ torchvision
 pybind11
 wheel
 ninja
+pytest
 
diff --git a/setup_venv.sh b/setup_venv.sh
index 929516ba..9d9df48e 100755
--- a/setup_venv.sh
+++ b/setup_venv.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fi
 
 python -m pip install transformers
 python -m pip install git+https://github.com/pytorch/functorch.git
-python -m pip install .
+pip install . --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu -f https://github.com/llvm/torch-mlir/releases
 
 echo "${Green}Before running examples activate venv with:"
 echo "  ${Green}source $VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
diff --git a/shark/examples/test_cpu.py b/shark/examples/test_cpu.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8616f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shark/examples/test_cpu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+from shark.shark_runner import SharkInference
+
+import torch
+import numpy as np
+import torchvision.models as models
+from transformers import AutoModelForSequenceClassification
+
+torch.manual_seed(0)
+
+##################### Hugging Face LM Models ###################################
+
+class HuggingFaceLanguage(torch.nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, hf_model_name):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.model = AutoModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained(
+            hf_model_name,  # The pretrained model.
+            num_labels=2,  # The number of output labels--2 for binary classification.
+            output_attentions=False,  # Whether the model returns attentions weights.
+            output_hidden_states=False,  # Whether the model returns all hidden-states.
+            torchscript=True,
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, tokens):
+        return self.model.forward(tokens)[0]
+
+def get_hf_model(name):
+    model = HuggingFaceLanguage(name)
+    # TODO: Currently the test input is set to (1,128)
+    test_input = torch.randint(2, (1,128))
+    actual_out = model(test_input)
+    return model, test_input, actual_out
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+
+##################### Torch Vision Models    ###################################
+
+class VisionModule(torch.nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, model):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.model = model
+        self.train(False)
+
+    def forward(self, input):
+        return self.model.forward(input)
+
+
+def get_vision_model(torch_model):
+    model = VisionModule(torch_model)
+    # TODO: Currently the test input is set to (1,128)
+    test_input = torch.randn(1, 3, 224, 224)
+    actual_out = model(test_input)
+    return model, test_input, actual_out
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+# Utility function for comparing two tensors.
+def compare_tensors(torch_tensor, numpy_tensor):
+    # setting the absolute and relative tolerance
+    rtol = 1e-02
+    atol = 1e-03
+    torch_to_numpy = torch_tensor.detach().numpy()
+    return np.allclose(torch_to_numpy, numpy_tensor, rtol, atol)
+
+
+def test_bert():
+    model, input, act_out = get_hf_model("bert-base-uncased")
+    shark_module = SharkInference(
+        model, (input,), device="cpu", jit_trace=True
+    )
+    results = shark_module.forward((input,))
+    assert True == compare_tensors(act_out, results)
+
+
+def test_albert():
+    model, input, act_out = get_hf_model("albert-base-v2")
+    shark_module = SharkInference(
+        model, (input,), device="cpu", jit_trace=True
+    )
+    results = shark_module.forward((input,))
+    assert True == compare_tensors(act_out, results)
+
+def test_resnet18():
+    model, input, act_out = get_vision_model(models.resnet18(pretrained = True))
+    shark_module = SharkInference(
+        model,
+        (input,),
+    )
+    results = shark_module.forward((input,))
+    assert True == compare_tensors(act_out, results)
+
+def test_resnet50():
+    model, input, act_out = get_vision_model(models.resnet50(pretrained = True))
+    shark_module = SharkInference(
+        model,
+        (input,),
+    )
+    results = shark_module.forward((input,))
+    assert True == compare_tensors(act_out, results)
+
+def test_wide_resnet50():
+    model, input, act_out = get_vision_model(models.wide_resnet50_2(pretrained = True))
+    shark_module = SharkInference(
+        model,
+        (input,),
+    )
+    results = shark_module.forward((input,))
+    assert True == compare_tensors(act_out, results)
+
+def test_minilm():
+    model, input, act_out = get_hf_model("microsoft/MiniLM-L12-H384-uncased")
+    shark_module = SharkInference(
+        model, (input,), device="cpu", jit_trace=True
+    )
+    results = shark_module.forward((input,))
+    assert True == compare_tensors(act_out, results)