Lab / Interactive study
What does the
task require?
Change the requirements and see which approach meets them at the lowest illustrative cost.
Performance per dollar
Every task has
its own frontier.
Change the task, required quality and response time. Compare the approaches that meet those requirements.
Routed system
Match effort to the task.
Routine work takes a compact path. Difficult cases take a more capable path. Evaluation determines where the boundary belongs.
Retrieve → Route → Verify
In a real engagement, your tasks set the test.
Quality, response time and total operating cost set the bar.
Inspect the study data
Example values illustrate architecture selection. Quality is the share of tasks passing evaluation; cost covers the complete route. The line joins candidates for which no alternative is both cheaper and at least as capable. The selection is the lowest-cost candidate meeting your requirements. This study runs entirely in your browser.
| System | A$ / task | Quality | Response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compact model | A$0.007 | 78% | 0.32s |
| Cache + compact | A$0.011 | 86% | 0.44s |
| Retrieval + compact | A$0.016 | 92% | 0.85s |
| Routed system | A$0.029 | 95% | 1.35s |
| Specialist system | A$0.040 | 94% | 1.90s |
| Large model | A$0.086 | 94% | 2.70s |
| Large model + tools | A$0.125 | 98% | 3.80s |
Reading the study
Compare the complete task.
The selected approach is the least expensive option that meets the required quality and, when selected, response time. If no option meets both, the study says so.
All values are synthetic. They demonstrate a comparison method, not results for a provider, model or Form From project. A real evaluation would use representative work, complete costs and recorded operating conditions.
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