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Ignore provider tiering: benchmark for your own cost-performance sweet spot
◆ 85RelevanceOn a story from The New Stack16h ago
If a cheaper model matches flagship performance on your specific tasks, the provider’s "best for" label is a tax on the uninformed. Founders must run their own evals to capture the 50% cost savings available in mid-tier models.
Takeaways
- Test mid-tier models on flagship tasks to slash inference costs by half.
- Provider recommendations may prioritize their own margins over your unit economics.
- Internal evaluation suites are the only reliable way to optimize model spend.
Read the original at thenewstack.io
Anthropic built a model that beats Opus. It recommends Opus anyway.
fmode.me/n/anthropic-built-a-model-that-beats-opus-it-recommends-opus-anyway
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