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# Output Accuracy and Compatible CPU Software Versions

Parabricks produces the same functionality results as the following baseline tools.
There might be mismatches in the output file caused by a variety of factors, such as
pseudo-random generation, rounding error, library dependencies, or use of additional
arguments. For more information, refer to each tool's **Source of Mismatches** section
in their respective pages.

| **Tool**    | **Version**               |
| ----------- | ------------------------- |
| BWA-MEM     | 0.7.15                    |
| bwa-meth    | 0.2.7                     |
| Deepvariant | 1.9.0                     |
| GATK        | 4.3.0.0                   |
| minimap2    | 2.30                      |
| pbmm2       | 1.13.0                    |
| STAR        | \|star\_compat\_version\| |
| STAR-Fusion | 1.7.0                     |
| vg giraffe  | 1.70.0                    |

Refer to [ComparisonsToBaselineTools](/about-parabricks/comparison-with-baseline-tools) for information
on how to accurately compare the diff version of the output files to the baseline code