diff --git a/tests/trainer/test_tp.py b/tests/trainer/test_tp.py
index 4e75129550..0ba390e178 100644
--- a/tests/trainer/test_tp.py
+++ b/tests/trainer/test_tp.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     SimpleModel,
     world_size,
 )
-
+from icecream import install
+install()
 
 @pytest.mark.gpu
 @world_size(4)
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ def forward_pass(trainer):
 @pytest.mark.skipif(version.parse(torch.__version__) < version.parse('2.3'), reason='Requires PyTorch 2.3+')
 @pytest.mark.filterwarnings(r'ignore:.*\(TP\) is experimental.*:FutureWarning')
 def test_tp_forward(world_size: int):
-    """Test that the forward pass with DDP, FSDP, TP-FSDP all output the same tensor."""
+    """Test that DDP, FSDP, TP-FSDP do the same forward pass."""
 
     # DDP forward pass
     ddp_trainer = get_ddp_trainer()
@@ -297,6 +298,44 @@ def test_tp_forward(world_size: int):
     ), f'Outputs have different values: {ddp_out=} and {tp_fsdp_out=}'
 
 
+@pytest.mark.gpu
+@world_size(4)
+@pytest.mark.skipif(version.parse(torch.__version__) < version.parse('2.3'), reason='Requires PyTorch 2.3+')
+@pytest.mark.filterwarnings(r'ignore:.*\(TP\) is experimental.*:FutureWarning')
+def test_tp_gradients(world_size: int):
+    """Test that DDP, FSDP, TP-FSDP output the same gradients."""
+
+    # DDP gradients
+    ddp_trainer = get_ddp_trainer()
+    ddp_out = forward_pass(ddp_trainer)
+    torch.sum(ddp_out).backward()
+
+    ic('ddp_trainer')
+    for name, param in ddp_trainer.state.model.named_parameters():
+        if param.grad is not None:
+            ic(name, param.shape, param.grad.shape, param, param.grad)
+
+    # FSDP gradients
+    fsdp_trainer = get_fsdp_trainer()
+    fsdp_out = forward_pass(fsdp_trainer)
+    torch.sum(fsdp_out).backward()
+
+    ic('fsdp_trainer')
+    for name, param in fsdp_trainer.state.model.named_parameters():
+        if param.grad is not None:
+            ic(name, param.shape, param.grad.shape, param, param.grad)
+
+    # TP-FSDP gradients
+    tp_fsdp_trainer = get_tp_fsdp_trainer()
+    tp_fsdp_out = forward_pass(tp_fsdp_trainer)
+    torch.sum(tp_fsdp_out).backward()
+
+    ic('tp_fsdp_trainer')
+    for name, param in tp_fsdp_trainer.state.model.named_parameters():
+        if param.grad is not None:
+            ic(name, param.shape, param.grad.shape, param, param.grad)
+
+
 def get_stats(trainer: Trainer) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:
     logger = trainer.logger.destinations[0]
     stats = {
@@ -311,7 +350,7 @@ def get_stats(trainer: Trainer) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:
 @pytest.mark.skipif(version.parse(torch.__version__) < version.parse('2.3'), reason='Requires PyTorch 2.3+')
 @pytest.mark.filterwarnings(r'ignore:.*\(TP\) is experimental.*:FutureWarning')
 def test_tp_fit(world_size: int):
-    """Test that trainer.fit() with DDP, FSDP, TP-FSDP all output the same loss and accuracy."""
+    """Test that DDP, FSDP, TP-FSDP have the same trainer.fit(), i.e. output the same loss and accuracy."""
 
     size = 1024  # make enough data to train for multiple steps