{
  "chart": "s2s-chart/1",
  "kind": "bars",
  "title": "How long is the wait for a long question? The first word as the prompt grows from 0.5K to 8K tokens",
  "subtitle": "Seconds to the first word of a fresh answer as the question grows from about 500 to about 8,000 tokens, at default threads; a shorter bar is a shorter wait.",
  "unit": "s",
  "series": [
    "290HX Plus laptop, 4 thr",
    "3700X desktop, 8 thr"
  ],
  "panels": [
    {
      "heading": "gemma4:26b, a 26B mixture",
      "rows": [
        {
          "label": "0.5K (496 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "7.72",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p0500\"].first_word_median_ms 7715.7 ÷ 1,000"
            },
            {
              "value": "7.61",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p0500\"].first_word_median_ms 7611.6 ÷ 1,000"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "2K (1,959 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "32.16",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p2000\"].first_word_median_ms 32157.6 ÷ 1,000"
            },
            {
              "value": "31.56",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p2000\"].first_word_median_ms 31557.7 ÷ 1,000"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "4K (3,994 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "68.67",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p4000\"].first_word_median_ms 68668.3 ÷ 1,000"
            },
            {
              "value": "66.13",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p4000\"].first_word_median_ms 66126.3 ÷ 1,000"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "8K (7,965 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "146.22",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p8000\"].first_word_median_ms 146218.0 ÷ 1,000"
            },
            {
              "value": "138.23",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p8000\"].first_word_median_ms 138234.8 ÷ 1,000"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "qwen3.5:9b, dense 9B",
      "rows": [
        {
          "label": "0.5K (488 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 1/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "12.73",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p0500\"].first_word_median_ms 12732.9 ÷ 1,000"
            },
            {
              "value": "10.17",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p0500\"].first_word_median_ms 10174.0 ÷ 1,000"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "2K (1,932 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 2/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "51.27",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p2000\"].first_word_median_ms 51273.7 ÷ 1,000"
            },
            {
              "value": "40.96",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p2000\"].first_word_median_ms 40960.1 ÷ 1,000"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "4K (3,928 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "105.48",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p4000\"].first_word_median_ms 105476.8 ÷ 1,000"
            },
            {
              "value": "84.37",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p4000\"].first_word_median_ms 84369.0 ÷ 1,000"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "source": "This page's kit, fill-in/laptop/summary.json and fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json, each f2- arm's first_word_median_ms (ms ÷ 1,000), fresh load before each of three scored runs, 2026-11-08. Table T4a."
}