# Is model.forward(x) the same as model.\_\_call\_\_(x)?

**URL:** <https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/is-model-forward-x-the-same-as-model-call-x/33460>\
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**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/is-model-forward-x-the-same-as-model-call-x/33460 "2018-12-31T05:58:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/is-model-forward-x-the-same-as-model-call-x/33460/3 "2018-12-31T12:24:58Z")

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` __call__ ` is already defined in `nn.Module`, will register all hooks and call your `forward`. That’s also the reason to call the module directly (`output = model(data)`) instead of `model.forward(data)`.

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