diff --git a/test/external/fuzz_schedule.py b/test/external/fuzz_schedule.py
index 8be144e678..66d12d3197 100644
--- a/test/external/fuzz_schedule.py
+++ b/test/external/fuzz_schedule.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import numpy as np
 from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import DefaultDict, Dict, List, Set, TypeVar
 from tinygrad.buffer import Buffer
+from tinygrad.device import Device
+from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import CustomOp, lower_schedule, capturing
 from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, colored, getenv
 from tinygrad.lazy import LazyBuffer
-from tinygrad.engine.schedule import _graph_schedule
+from tinygrad.engine.schedule import _graph_schedule, create_schedule
 from tinygrad.ops import LoadOps, ScheduleItem
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
 
@@ -51,12 +53,20 @@ def fuzz_schedule(outs: List[LazyBuffer]):
 
   # assert all LazyBuffers realized correctly
   for lb, bufs in outputs.items():
-    ground_truth = np.frombuffer(bufs[0].as_buffer(), bufs[0].dtype.np)
+    a = Tensor.empty((bufs[0].size,), dtype=bufs[0].dtype)
+    b = Tensor.empty((bufs[0].size,), dtype=bufs[0].dtype)
+    ast = assert_allclose_ast(a, b)
     for buf in bufs[1:]:
-      try: np.testing.assert_allclose(np.frombuffer(buf.as_buffer(), buf.dtype.np), ground_truth, atol=1e-2, rtol=1e-2)
-      except AssertionError as e:
-        print(f"COMPARE FAILED FOR {lb}")
-        raise e
+      prg = Device[Device.DEFAULT].get_runner(*ast)
+      ret_buf = Buffer(Device.DEFAULT, 1, dtypes.bool).allocate()
+      prg.exec([ret_buf, bufs[0], buf])
+      del buf
+      assert np.frombuffer(ret_buf.as_buffer(), ret_buf.dtype.np), f"FAILED FOR {lb}"
+
+def assert_allclose_ast(a:Tensor, b:Tensor, atol=1e-2, rtol=1e-2):
+  diff = (a - b).abs()
+  tol = atol + rtol * b.abs()
+  return create_schedule([((diff > tol).sum() == 0).lazydata])[-1].ast
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 def find_all_toposorts(graph:DefaultDict[T, List[T]], in_degree:DefaultDict[T, int]) -> List[List[T]]: