diff --git a/e2e/tools/validator/metric_validations.yaml b/e2e/tools/validator/metric_validations.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ab46a0a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tools/validator/metric_validations.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+config:
+  mapping:
+    actual: latest
+    predicted: dev
+
+validations:
+  # absolute power comparison
+  - name: Total - absolute
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+        kepler_process_joules_total{{
+          job="{latest_job_name}",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: platform - absolute
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+        kepler_process_platform_joules_total{{
+          job="{latest_job_name}",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_platform_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: package - absolute
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_package_joules_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_package_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: dram - absolute
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_dram_joules_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_dram_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: core - absolute
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_core_joules_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_core_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: other - absolute
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_other_joules_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_other_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+    # CPU time comparison
+  - name: cpu-time
+    units: Milliseconds
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_bpf_cpu_time_ms_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}"
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_bpf_cpu_time_ms_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    # max_mae: 20.0
+
+  - name: package - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_package_joules_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}",
+            mode="dynamic",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_package_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+            mode="dynamic",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: core - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_core_joules_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}",
+            mode="dynamic",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_core_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+            mode="dynamic",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: dram - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_dram_joules_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}",
+            mode="dynamic",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_dram_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+            mode="dynamic",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: other - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_other_joules_total{{
+            job="{latest_job_name}",
+            mode="dynamic",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    dev: |
+      sum(
+        rate(
+          kepler_process_other_joules_total{{
+            job="{dev_job_name}",
+            mode="dynamic",
+          }}[{rate_interval}]
+        )
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+# Node comparison
+  - name: node platform - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      rate(kepler_node_platform_joules_total{{
+          job="{latest_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+
+    dev: |
+      rate(kepler_node_platform_joules_total{{
+          job="{dev_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: node package - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      rate(kepler_node_package_joules_total{{
+          job="{latest_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+
+    dev: |
+      rate(kepler_node_package_joules_total{{
+          job="{dev_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: node core - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      rate(kepler_node_core_joules_total{{
+          job="{latest_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+
+    dev: |
+      rate(kepler_node_core_joules_total{{
+          job="{dev_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: node dram - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      rate(kepler_node_dram_joules_total{{
+          job="{latest_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+
+    dev: |
+      rate(kepler_node_dram_joules_total{{
+          job="{dev_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
+
+  - name: node other - dynamic
+    units: Watts
+    latest: |
+      rate(kepler_node_other_joules_total{{
+          job="{latest_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+
+    dev: |
+      rate(kepler_node_other_joules_total{{
+          job="{dev_job_name}",
+          mode="dynamic",
+        }}[{rate_interval}]
+      )
+    max_mae: 2.0
diff --git a/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/cli/__init__.py b/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/cli/__init__.py
index d9909acf8c..4c36d01651 100644
--- a/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/cli/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.typing as npt
+from click.exceptions import Exit
 from matplotlib import ticker
 from matplotlib.dates import DateFormatter
 
@@ -610,6 +611,34 @@ def validate_acpi(cfg: config.Validator, duration: datetime.timedelta, report_di
     return int(res.validations.passed)
 
 
+@validator.command()
+@click.option("--duration", "-d", type=options.Duration(), required=True)
+# ruff: noqa: S108 (Suppressed as we are intentionally using `/tmp` as reporting directory)
+@click.option(
+    "--report-dir",
+    "-o",
+    default="/tmp",
+    type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=True, writable=True),
+    show_default=True,
+)
+@pass_config
+def validate_metrics(cfg: config.Validator, duration: datetime.timedelta, report_dir: str):
+    results_dir, tag = create_report_dir(report_dir)
+    res = TestResult(tag)
+    res.end_time = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.UTC)
+    res.start_time = res.end_time - duration
+    click.secho("  * Generating build and node info ...", fg="green")
+    res.build_info, res.node_info = get_build_and_node_info(cfg.prometheus)
+    click.secho("  * Generating spec report ...", fg="green")
+    res.host_spec = get_host_spec()
+    script_result = ScriptResult(res.start_time, res.end_time)
+    res.validations = run_validations(cfg, script_result, results_dir)
+    click.secho("  * Generating validate metrics report file and dir", fg="green")
+    write_md_report(results_dir, res)
+
+    raise Exit(1) if not res.validations.passed else Exit(0)
+
+
 def write_json_report(results_dir: str, res: TestResult):
     pattern = re.compile(r'[{]?(\w+)=("[^"]*"|[^,]+)[},]?')
 
diff --git a/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/config/__init__.py b/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/config/__init__.py
index f4f49bc606..a190dbd40f 100644
--- a/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/config/__init__.py
+++ b/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/config/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class Metal(NamedTuple):
 class PrometheusJob(NamedTuple):
     metal: str
     vm: str
+    dev: str
+    latest: str
 
 
 class Prometheus(NamedTuple):
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ def load(config_file: str) -> Validator:
     job = PrometheusJob(
         metal=prom_job.get("metal", "metal"),
         vm=prom_job.get("vm", "vm"),
+        latest=prom_job.get("latest", "latest"),
+        dev=prom_job.get("dev", "dev"),
     )
 
     prometheus = Prometheus(
diff --git a/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/validations/__init__.py b/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/validations/__init__.py
index 21ffe8de01..71aa4a305d 100644
--- a/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/validations/__init__.py
+++ b/e2e/tools/validator/src/validator/validations/__init__.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def validation_from_yaml(v: dict[str, Any]) -> Validation:
                 predicted_label=predicted_label,
                 units=v.get("units", ""),
                 max_mape=v.get("max_mape"),
+                max_mae=v.get("max_mae"),
             )
 
         return [validation_from_yaml(v) for v in yml["validations"]]
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ def load(self) -> list[Validation]:
         promql_vars["rate_interval"] = prom.rate_interval
         promql_vars["metal_job_name"] = prom.job.metal
         promql_vars["vm_job_name"] = prom.job.vm
+        promql_vars["latest_job_name"] = prom.job.latest
+        promql_vars["dev_job_name"] = prom.job.dev
 
         logger.debug("promql_vars: %s", promql_vars)