diff --git a/pandas/computation/tests/test_eval.py b/pandas/computation/tests/test_eval.py
index 4dc1e24618a83..5019dd392a567 100644
--- a/pandas/computation/tests/test_eval.py
+++ b/pandas/computation/tests/test_eval.py
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ def check_operands(left, right, cmp_op):
             for ex in (ex1, ex2, ex3):
                 result = pd.eval(ex, engine=self.engine,
                                  parser=self.parser)
-                tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+
+                tm.assert_almost_equal(result, expected)
 
     def check_simple_cmp_op(self, lhs, cmp1, rhs):
         ex = 'lhs {0} rhs'.format(cmp1)
@@ -265,7 +266,8 @@ def check_binary_arith_op(self, lhs, arith1, rhs):
         ex = 'lhs {0} rhs'.format(arith1)
         result = pd.eval(ex, engine=self.engine, parser=self.parser)
         expected = _eval_single_bin(lhs, arith1, rhs, self.engine)
-        tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+
+        tm.assert_almost_equal(result, expected)
         ex = 'lhs {0} rhs {0} rhs'.format(arith1)
         result = pd.eval(ex, engine=self.engine, parser=self.parser)
         nlhs = _eval_single_bin(lhs, arith1, rhs,
@@ -280,8 +282,10 @@ def check_alignment(self, result, nlhs, ghs, op):
             # TypeError, AttributeError: series or frame with scalar align
             pass
         else:
+
+            # direct numpy comparison
             expected = self.ne.evaluate('nlhs {0} ghs'.format(op))
-            tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+            tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result.values, expected)
 
     # modulus, pow, and floor division require special casing
 
@@ -349,12 +353,12 @@ def check_single_invert_op(self, lhs, cmp1, rhs):
                 elb = np.array([bool(el)])
             expected = ~elb
             result = pd.eval('~elb', engine=self.engine, parser=self.parser)
-            tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(expected, result)
+            tm.assert_almost_equal(expected, result)
 
             for engine in self.current_engines:
                 tm.skip_if_no_ne(engine)
-                tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, pd.eval('~elb', engine=engine,
-                                                            parser=self.parser))
+                tm.assert_almost_equal(result, pd.eval('~elb', engine=engine,
+                                                       parser=self.parser))
 
     def check_compound_invert_op(self, lhs, cmp1, rhs):
         skip_these = 'in', 'not in'
@@ -374,13 +378,13 @@ def check_compound_invert_op(self, lhs, cmp1, rhs):
             else:
                 expected = ~expected
             result = pd.eval(ex, engine=self.engine, parser=self.parser)
-            tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(expected, result)
+            tm.assert_almost_equal(expected, result)
 
             # make sure the other engines work the same as this one
             for engine in self.current_engines:
                 tm.skip_if_no_ne(engine)
                 ev = pd.eval(ex, engine=self.engine, parser=self.parser)
-                tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(ev, result)
+                tm.assert_almost_equal(ev, result)
 
     def ex(self, op, var_name='lhs'):
         return '{0}{1}'.format(op, var_name)
@@ -728,7 +732,7 @@ def check_alignment(self, result, nlhs, ghs, op):
             pass
         else:
             expected = eval('nlhs {0} ghs'.format(op))
-            tm.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
+            tm.assert_almost_equal(result, expected)
 
 
 class TestEvalPythonPandas(TestEvalPythonPython):
diff --git a/pandas/util/testing.py b/pandas/util/testing.py
index ef94692ea9673..03ccfcab24f58 100644
--- a/pandas/util/testing.py
+++ b/pandas/util/testing.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas.core.common import (is_sequence, array_equivalent,
                                 is_list_like, is_datetimelike_v_numeric,
-                                is_datetimelike_v_object, is_number,
+                                is_datetimelike_v_object,
+                                is_number, is_bool,
                                 needs_i8_conversion, is_categorical_dtype)
 from pandas.formats.printing import pprint_thing
 from pandas.core.algorithms import take_1d
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@ def assert_almost_equal(left, right, check_exact=False,
             if is_number(left) and is_number(right):
                 # do not compare numeric classes, like np.float64 and float
                 pass
+            elif is_bool(left) and is_bool(right):
+                # do not compare bool classes, like np.bool_ and bool
+                pass
             else:
                 if (isinstance(left, np.ndarray) or
                    isinstance(right, np.ndarray)):