{
  "chart": "s2s-chart/1",
  "kind": "bars",
  "title": "Does a longer question slow the writing? Writing speed after prompts of four lengths",
  "subtitle": "Tokens a second while writing 256 tokens after questions of four lengths, at default threads; a longer bar writes faster.",
  "unit": "tok/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": "14.94",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p0500\"].decode_median 14.943"
            },
            {
              "value": "13.93",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p0500\"].decode_median 13.929"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "2K (1,959 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "12.32",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p2000\"].decode_median 12.32"
            },
            {
              "value": "12.03",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p2000\"].decode_median 12.032"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "4K (3,994 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "12.12",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p4000\"].decode_median 12.124"
            },
            {
              "value": "11.66",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p4000\"].decode_median 11.659"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "8K (7,965 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "8.16",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p8000\"].decode_median 8.16"
            },
            {
              "value": "8.10",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-gemma4-26b-p8000\"].decode_median 8.103"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "qwen3.5:9b, dense 9B",
      "rows": [
        {
          "label": "0.5K (488 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 1/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "7.36",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p0500\"].decode_median 7.358"
            },
            {
              "value": "6.19",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p0500\"].decode_median 6.194"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "2K (1,932 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 2/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "7.21",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p2000\"].decode_median 7.211"
            },
            {
              "value": "6.15",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p2000\"].decode_median 6.148"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "4K (3,928 tok)",
          "notes": "Laptop THROTTLED 3/3 · desktop THROTTLED 0/3",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "6.90",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/laptop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p4000\"].decode_median 6.899"
            },
            {
              "value": "6.06",
              "source": "/ram-speeds-compared/data/fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json arms[arm = \"f2-qwen3.5-9b-p4000\"].decode_median 6.055"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "source": "This page's kit, fill-in/laptop/summary.json and fill-in/two-channel-desktop/summary.json, each f2- arm's decode_median, fresh load before each of three scored runs, 2026-11-08. Table T4a."
}