Evaluating Speed Requires Considering Tokens Needed to Solve
Sentdex · x · 2026-07-03
Sentdex emphasized a crucial factor: how many tokens a model needs to generate a solution. If a model is 2x faster but requires 3x more tokens to complete the task, it isn't actually faster in practice. Therefore, the true metric for comparison should be the "total time to completion" for a task, rather than just raw tokens per second.
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