diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/gpt/gpt3_15b_8t_release_sm/model_config.yaml b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/gpt/gpt3_15b_8t_release_sm/model_config.yaml
index 87a4fccb347..4c05b0ba87f 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/gpt/gpt3_15b_8t_release_sm/model_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/gpt/gpt3_15b_8t_release_sm/model_config.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ MODEL_ARGS:
   # Add checkpointing args
   --load: ${CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH}
   --save: ${CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH}
-  --save-interval: 1000
+  --save-interval: 5000
+  --save-retain-interval: 2500
   # Add initialization args
   --init-method-std: 0.0134
   # Add logging args
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_gb_200_release/model_config.yaml b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_gb_200_release/model_config.yaml
index ced409e5b1e..d169e050402 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_gb_200_release/model_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_gb_200_release/model_config.yaml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ MODEL_ARGS:
     # Add checkpointing args
   --save: ${CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH}
   --load: ${CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH}
-  --save-interval: 500
+  --save-interval: 5000
   --save-retain-interval: 10000
   --dist-ckpt-strictness: log_all
 
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_gb_200_release_sm/model_config.yaml b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_gb_200_release_sm/model_config.yaml
index 1ad8597d932..2ac08d088a0 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_gb_200_release_sm/model_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_gb_200_release_sm/model_config.yaml
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ MODEL_ARGS:
     # Add checkpointing args
   --save: ${CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH}
   --load: ${CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH}
-  --save-interval: 500
-  --save-retain-interval: 10000
+  --save-interval: 5000
+  --save-retain-interval: 2500
   --dist-ckpt-strictness: log_all
 
   # Add initialization args
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_release/model_config.yaml b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_release/model_config.yaml
index 7bc14780fb3..3c7c4201b6e 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_release/model_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_release/model_config.yaml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ MODEL_ARGS:
     # Add checkpointing args
   --save: ${CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH}
   --load: ${CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH}
-  --save-interval: 500
+  --save-interval: 5000
   --save-retain-interval: 10000
   --dist-ckpt-strictness: log_all
 
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_release_sm/model_config.yaml b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_release_sm/model_config.yaml
index cc8f2b814c2..fead6c06ae1 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_release_sm/model_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/test_cases/mixtral/deepseekv3_proxy_flex_tp1pp4emp16etp1cp1_release_sm/model_config.yaml
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ MODEL_ARGS:
     # Add checkpointing args
   --save: ${CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH}
   --load: ${CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH}
-  --save-interval: 500
-  --save-retain-interval: 10000
+  --save-interval: 5000
+  --save-retain-interval: 2500
   --dist-ckpt-strictness: log_all
 
   # Add initialization args