diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-sharktank.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-sharktank.yml
index 6bf5446f8..6bb105979 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-sharktank.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-sharktank.yml
@@ -141,12 +141,14 @@ jobs:
             --with-flux-data \
             --with-t5-data \
             --with-vae-data \
+            --with-quark-data \
             sharktank/tests/models/clip/clip_test.py \
             sharktank/tests/models/t5/t5_test.py \
             sharktank/tests/models/flux/flux_test.py \
             sharktank/tests/models/vae/vae_test.py \
+            sharktank/tests/models/llama/quark_parity_test.py \
             --durations=0 \
-            --timeout=600
+            --timeout=800
 
 
   test_integration:
diff --git a/sharktank/conftest.py b/sharktank/conftest.py
index 3416e50c9..5aae72d41 100644
--- a/sharktank/conftest.py
+++ b/sharktank/conftest.py
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         ),
     )
 
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--with-quark-data",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help=(
+            "Enable tests that use vae data such as models not part of the source code."
+        ),
+    )
+
     # TODO: Remove all hardcoded paths in CI tests
     parser.addoption(
         "--llama3-8b-tokenizer-path",
diff --git a/sharktank/sharktank/examples/paged_llm_v1.py b/sharktank/sharktank/examples/paged_llm_v1.py
index 780f7bc13..5d338bd74 100644
--- a/sharktank/sharktank/examples/paged_llm_v1.py
+++ b/sharktank/sharktank/examples/paged_llm_v1.py
@@ -325,16 +325,17 @@ def main():
         intermediates_saver.save_file(
             args.save_intermediates_path + "_prefill.safetensors"
         )
-    counter = 0
-    while not batch.done:
-        batch.decode()
-        if args.save_intermediates_path:
-            intermediates_saver.save_file(
-                args.save_intermediates_path + f"_step_{counter}.safetensors"
-            )
-        print(f":: Result tokens: {batch.results}")
-        batch.print_current_results()
-        counter += 1
+    if not args.skip_decode:
+        counter = 0
+        while not batch.done:
+            batch.decode()
+            if args.save_intermediates_path:
+                intermediates_saver.save_file(
+                    args.save_intermediates_path + f"_step_{counter}.safetensors"
+                )
+            print(f":: Result tokens: {batch.results}")
+            batch.print_current_results()
+            counter += 1
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/sharktank/tests/models/llama/quark_parity_test.py b/sharktank/tests/models/llama/quark_parity_test.py
index 1ffdffd30..b45696fe4 100644
--- a/sharktank/tests/models/llama/quark_parity_test.py
+++ b/sharktank/tests/models/llama/quark_parity_test.py
@@ -3,24 +3,31 @@
 # Licensed under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
 # See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
-
+import os
 
 from safetensors import safe_open
 import torch
 import unittest
 import pytest
+from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+
+with_quark_data = pytest.mark.skipif("not config.getoption('with_quark_data')")
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="need to generate values to compare against")
 class QuarkParityTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.path_prefix = Path("/shark-dev/quark_test")
+
+    @with_quark_data
     def test_compare_against_quark(self):
-        def both(key, index=None):
-            o = ours[key]
-            t = theirs[key]
-            if index is None:
-                return o, t
-            else:
-                return o[index], t[index]
+        sharktank_dir = str(
+            Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))).parent.parent.parent.parent
+        )
+        our_path = self.path_prefix / "ours_prefill.safetensors"
+        if os.path.exists(our_path):
+            os.remove(our_path)
 
         mapping = dict()
         for i in range(32):
@@ -41,18 +48,49 @@ def both(key, index=None):
                 mapping[a] = b
                 mapping[a + "_input_0"] = b + "_input_0"
 
+        command = [
+            "python",
+            "-m",
+            "sharktank.examples.paged_llm_v1",
+            "The capitol of Texas is",
+            f"--irpa-file={self.path_prefix}/fp8_bf16_weight.irpa",
+            f"--tokenizer-config-json=/data/llama3.1/8b/tokenizer.json",
+            "--fake-quant",
+            "--attention-kernel=torch",
+            "--activation-dtype=bfloat16",
+            f"--save_intermediates_path={self.path_prefix}/ours",
+            "--use-hf",
+            "--attention-dtype=bfloat16",
+            "--skip-decode",
+            "--block-seq-stride=16",
+        ]
+        command = subprocess.list2cmdline(command)
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            command, shell=True, capture_output=True, cwd=sharktank_dir
+        )
+
         ours = dict()
-        with safe_open("../ours_newest_prefill.safetensors", "pytorch") as st:
+        with safe_open(our_path, "pytorch") as st:
             for key in st.keys():
                 ours[key] = st.get_tensor(key)
 
-        theirs = dict()
-        with safe_open("../theirs2.safetensors", "pytorch") as st:
+        golden = dict()
+        golden_path = self.path_prefix / "golden.safetensors"
+        with safe_open(golden_path, "pytorch") as st:
             for key in st.keys():
                 if key in mapping:
-                    theirs[mapping[key]] = st.get_tensor(key)
+                    golden[mapping[key]] = st.get_tensor(key)
 
         test_layers = [v for k, v in mapping.items()]
+
+        def both(key, index=None):
+            o = ours[key]
+            t = golden[key]
+            if index is None:
+                return o, t
+            else:
+                return o[index], t[index]
+
         for lyr in test_layers:
             name = lyr
             if name in ours.keys() and name != "freqs":