Smart Routing Cuts Model Costs by 65%
shensi · x · 2026-07-13
Benchmarked "smart routing" on Merge Gateway and compared it against a fixed flagship model approach.
Results show:
- Across 120+ controlled experiments, smart routing reduced model costs by 65%, dropping from $8.17 to $2.87
- Accuracy remained largely consistent, getting 239 out of 240 correct
The core message of the post is that while maintaining nearly identical performance, routing strategies can significantly drive down inference costs.
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