AI benchmark-maxing ignores speed, cost and compute power
DevToD4 · x · 2026-07-22
The post criticizes the current wave of benchmark-maxing on X, arguing that people over-focus on raw model power and ignore the other factors that matter in practice: speed, cost, and compute usage.
It frames a useful model as a balance of power + speed + cost + energy, not just a leaderboard score.
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