diff --git a/tests/snappi_tests/pfcwd/files/pfcwd_basic_helper.py b/tests/snappi_tests/pfcwd/files/pfcwd_basic_helper.py
index 36d45e4ff55..d490106ff5a 100644
--- a/tests/snappi_tests/pfcwd/files/pfcwd_basic_helper.py
+++ b/tests/snappi_tests/pfcwd/files/pfcwd_basic_helper.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 WARM_UP_TRAFFIC_DUR = 1
 DATA_PKT_SIZE = 1024
 SNAPPI_POLL_DELAY_SEC = 2
-DEVIATION = 0.25
+DEVIATION = 0.3
 
 def run_pfcwd_basic_test(api,
                          testbed_config,
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ def run_pfcwd_basic_test(api,
     start_pfcwd(duthost)
     enable_packet_aging(duthost)
 
+    # Set appropriate pfcwd loss deviation - these values are based on empirical testing
+    DEVIATION = 0.35 if duthost.facts['asic_type'] in ["broadcom"] else 0.3
+
     """ Get the ID of the port to test """
     port_id = get_dut_port_id(dut_hostname=duthost.hostname,
                               dut_port=dut_port,
diff --git a/tests/snappi_tests/pfcwd/files/pfcwd_multi_node_helper.py b/tests/snappi_tests/pfcwd/files/pfcwd_multi_node_helper.py
index 9d7fc0611f9..5b6cd537968 100644
--- a/tests/snappi_tests/pfcwd/files/pfcwd_multi_node_helper.py
+++ b/tests/snappi_tests/pfcwd/files/pfcwd_multi_node_helper.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def run_pfcwd_multi_node_test(api,
 
     """ Retrieve ASIC information for DUT """
     asic_type = duthost.facts['asic_type']
+    rx_tx_tol_thrhlds = [0.0001, 0.0002]  # Maintain a 0.01% and 0.02% deviation between tx and rx frames
 
     __verify_results(rows=flow_stats,
                      speed_gbps=speed_gbps,
@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ def run_pfcwd_multi_node_test(api,
                      data_pkt_size=DATA_PKT_SIZE,
                      trigger_pfcwd=trigger_pfcwd,
                      pause_port_id=port_id,
-                     tolerance=TOLERANCE_THRESHOLD,
+                     rx_deviation=TOLERANCE_THRESHOLD,
+                     rx_tx_deviations=rx_tx_tol_thrhlds,
                      asic_type=asic_type)
 
 
@@ -556,7 +558,8 @@ def __verify_results(rows,
                      data_pkt_size,
                      trigger_pfcwd,
                      pause_port_id,
-                     tolerance,
+                     rx_deviation,
+                     rx_tx_deviations,
                      asic_type):
     """
     Verify if we get expected experiment results
@@ -573,7 +576,8 @@ def __verify_results(rows,
         test_flow_pause (bool): if test flows are expected to be paused
         trigger_pfcwd (bool): if PFC watchdog is expected to be triggered
         pause_port_id (int): ID of the port to send PFC pause frames
-        tolerance (float): maximum allowable deviation
+        rx_deviation (float): maximum allowable deviation for rx_frames relative to theoretical value
+        rx_tx_deviations (list of floats): maximum allowable % deviation for rx_frames relative to tx_frames
         asic_type (str): asic_type information for DUT
 
     Returns:
@@ -601,8 +605,8 @@ def __verify_results(rows,
             exp_bg_flow_rx_pkts =  bg_flow_rate_percent / 100.0 * speed_gbps \
                 * 1e9 * data_flow_dur_sec / 8.0 / data_pkt_size
             deviation = (rx_frames - exp_bg_flow_rx_pkts) / float(exp_bg_flow_rx_pkts)
-            pytest_assert(abs(deviation) < tolerance,
-                          '{} should receive {} packets (actual {})'.\
+            pytest_assert(abs(deviation) < rx_deviation,
+                          '{} should receive {} packets (actual {})'.
                           format(flow_name, exp_bg_flow_rx_pkts, rx_frames))
 
         elif test_flow_name in flow_name:
@@ -633,11 +637,12 @@ def __verify_results(rows,
                               format(flow_name, exp_test_flow_rx_pkts, rx_frames))
 
             else:
-                """ Otherwise, the test flow is not impacted by PFC storm """
-                pytest_assert(tx_frames == rx_frames,
-                              '{} should not have any dropped packet'.format(flow_name))
+                for dev_pct in rx_tx_deviations:
+                    """ Otherwise, the test flow is not impacted by PFC storm """
+                    pytest_assert(abs(tx_frames - rx_frames)/float(tx_frames) < dev_pct,
+                                  '{} should be within {} percent deviation'.format(flow_name, dev_pct*100))
 
                 deviation = (rx_frames - exp_test_flow_rx_pkts) / float(exp_test_flow_rx_pkts)
-                pytest_assert(abs(deviation) < tolerance,
-                              '{} should receive {} packets (actual {})'.\
+                pytest_assert(abs(deviation) < rx_deviation,
+                              '{} should receive {} packets (actual {})'.
                               format(flow_name, exp_test_flow_rx_pkts, rx_frames))