Defining outscaling: token multiplier rising along the overtraining axis
_katieeverett · x · 2026-09-10
The thread defines outscaling: at fixed model size, the token multiplier is the ratio of tokens a baseline optimizer needs versus the compared optimizer to reach the same loss. Outscaling means this multiplier increases along the overtraining axis, reflecting a better token-decay exponent, a lower high-token loss limit, or both.
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