Safety monitor for incorrect kernel computation

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a safety monitor framework for a safety-critical graphics processing unit (GPU) compute application are disclosed. A system includes a safety-critical GPU compute application, a safety monitor, and a GPU. The safety monitor receives a compute grid, test vectors, and a compute kernel from the safety-critical GPU compute application. The safety monitor generates a modified compute grid by adding extra tiles to the original compute grid, with the extra tiles generated based on the test vectors. The safety monitor provides the modified compute grid and compute kernel to the GPU for processing. The safety monitor determines the likelihood of erroneous processing of the original compute grid by comparing the actual results for the extra tiles with known good results. The safety monitor complements the overall fault coverage of the GPU hardware and covers faults only observable at the application programming interface (API) level.