# Why sum of parameter of model increase after each iteration during train the model?

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Right, thanks for updating the question!

I think `.sum()` will add the parameters themselves, not the number of parameters.

[This topic](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/how-do-i-check-the-number-of-parameters-of-a-model/4325/9) seems to have a clean solution for counting parameters.

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