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+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <armnn/Types.hpp>
+#include <backendsCommon/Workload.hpp>
+#include <backendsCommon/WorkloadData.hpp>
+#include "StringMapping.hpp"
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+template <typename Functor,
+          typename armnn::DataType DataType,
+          typename ParentDescriptor,
+          typename armnn::StringMapping::Id DebugString>
+class RefComparisonWorkload
+{
+    // Needs specialization. The default is empty on purpose.
+};
+
+template <typename ParentDescriptor, typename Functor>
+class RefFloat32ComparisonWorkload : public BaseFloat32ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor>
+{
+public:
+    using BaseFloat32ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor>::BaseFloat32ComparisonWorkload;
+    void ExecuteImpl(const char * debugString) const;
+};
+
+template <typename Functor, typename ParentDescriptor, typename armnn::StringMapping::Id DebugString>
+class RefComparisonWorkload<Functor, armnn::DataType::Float32, ParentDescriptor, DebugString>
+    : public RefFloat32ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor, Functor>
+{
+public:
+    using RefFloat32ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor, Functor>::RefFloat32ComparisonWorkload;
+
+    virtual void Execute() const override
+    {
+        using Parent = RefFloat32ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor, Functor>;
+        Parent::ExecuteImpl(StringMapping::Instance().Get(DebugString));
+    }
+};
+
+template <typename ParentDescriptor, typename Functor>
+class RefUint8ComparisonWorkload : public BaseUint8ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor>
+{
+public:
+    using BaseUint8ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor>::BaseUint8ComparisonWorkload;
+    void ExecuteImpl(const char * debugString) const;
+};
+
+template <typename Functor, typename ParentDescriptor, typename armnn::StringMapping::Id DebugString>
+class RefComparisonWorkload<Functor, armnn::DataType::QuantisedAsymm8, ParentDescriptor, DebugString>
+    : public RefUint8ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor, Functor>
+{
+public:
+    using RefUint8ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor, Functor>::RefUint8ComparisonWorkload;
+
+    virtual void Execute() const override
+    {
+        using Parent = RefUint8ComparisonWorkload<ParentDescriptor, Functor>;
+        Parent::ExecuteImpl(StringMapping::Instance().Get(DebugString));
+    }
+};
+
+using RefEqualFloat32Workload =
+    RefComparisonWorkload<std::equal_to<float>,
+                          DataType::Float32,
+                          EqualQueueDescriptor,
+                          StringMapping::RefEqualWorkload_Execute>;
+
+using RefEqualUint8Workload =
+    RefComparisonWorkload<std::equal_to<uint8_t>,
+                          DataType::QuantisedAsymm8,
+                          EqualQueueDescriptor,
+                          StringMapping::RefEqualWorkload_Execute>;
+
+using RefGreaterFloat32Workload =
+    RefComparisonWorkload<std::greater<float>,
+                          DataType::Float32,
+                          GreaterQueueDescriptor,
+                          StringMapping::RefGreaterWorkload_Execute>;
+
+using RefGreaterUint8Workload =
+    RefComparisonWorkload<std::greater<uint8_t>,
+                          DataType::QuantisedAsymm8,
+                          GreaterQueueDescriptor,
+                          StringMapping::RefGreaterWorkload_Execute>;
+} // armnn