diff --git a/test/compare_sgemm_shgemm.c b/test/compare_sgemm_shgemm.c
index d5bd84b91..7e254f844 100644
--- a/test/compare_sgemm_shgemm.c
+++ b/test/compare_sgemm_shgemm.c
@@ -46,6 +46,27 @@ typedef union
   } bits;
 } bfloat16_bits;
 
+typedef union
+{
+  float v;
+  struct
+  {
+    uint32_t m:23;
+    uint32_t e:8;
+    uint32_t s:1;
+  } bits;
+} float32_bits;
+
+float
+float16to32 (bfloat16_bits f16)
+{
+  float32_bits f32;
+  f32.bits.s = f16.bits.s;
+  f32.bits.e = f16.bits.e;
+  f32.bits.m = (uint32_t) f16.bits.m << 16;
+  return f32.v;
+}
+
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -55,8 +76,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   int loop = 100;
   char transA = 'N', transB = 'N';
   float alpha = 1.0, beta = 0.0;
-  char transa = 'N';
-  char transb = 'N';
 
   for (int x = 0; x <= loop; x++)
     {
@@ -65,30 +84,45 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       float B[k * n];
       float C[m * n];
       bfloat16_bits AA[m * k], BB[k * n];
-      float CC[m * n];
+      float DD[m * n], CC[m * n];
 
       for (int j = 0; j < m; j++)
 	{
 	  for (int i = 0; i < m; i++)
 	    {
-	      A[j * k + i] = ((FLOAT) rand() / (FLOAT) RAND_MAX) + 0.5;
-	      B[j * k + i] = ((FLOAT) rand() / (FLOAT) RAND_MAX) + 0.5;
+	      A[j * k + i] = ((FLOAT) rand () / (FLOAT) RAND_MAX) + 0.5;
+	      B[j * k + i] = ((FLOAT) rand () / (FLOAT) RAND_MAX) + 0.5;
 	      C[j * k + i] = 0;
 	      AA[j * k + i].v = *(uint32_t *) & A[j * k + i] >> 16;
 	      BB[j * k + i].v = *(uint32_t *) & B[j * k + i] >> 16;
 	      CC[j * k + i] = 0;
+	      DD[j * k + i] = 0;
 	    }
 	}
       SGEMM (&transA, &transB, &m, &n, &k, &alpha, A,
-	      &m, B, &k, &beta, C, &m);
+	     &m, B, &k, &beta, C, &m);
       SHGEMM (&transA, &transB, &m, &n, &k, &alpha, AA,
-	       &m, BB, &k, &beta, CC, &m);
-
+	      &m, BB, &k, &beta, CC, &m);
       for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-        for (j = 0; j < m; j++)
-          for (l = 0; l < k; l++)
-            if (fabs(CC[i * m + j]-C[i * m + j]) > 1.0)
-              ret++;
+	for (j = 0; j < m; j++)
+	  for (l = 0; l < k; l++)
+	    if (fabs (CC[i * m + j] - C[i * m + j]) > 1.0)
+	      ret++;
+      if (transA == 'N' && transB == 'N')
+	{
+	  for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+	    for (j = 0; j < m; j++)
+	      for (l = 0; l < k; l++)
+		{
+		  DD[i * m + j] +=
+		    float16to32 (AA[l * m + j]) * float16to32 (BB[l + k * i]);
+		}
+	  for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+	    for (j = 0; j < m; j++)
+	      for (l = 0; l < k; l++)
+		if (CC[i * m + j] != DD[i * m + j])
+		  ret++;
+	}
     }
   if (ret != 0)
     fprintf (stderr, "FATAL ERROR SHGEMM - Return code: %d\n", ret);