Streaming vs one-shot generation: difference on the same task
Experiment design set, results await raw records
This page gives only the experiment design, not the results. Numbers we haven’t run are never written; paste raw records into the table after running, then write the conclusion.
Question to answer
Same generation task, streamed (token by token) vs batched (think then return) — how much do quality, time-to-first-token, and total time differ?
Control groups
Streaming group / batch group; other conditions identical, 3 runs each.
Environment & version
- Host version
- To fill
- Model ID
- To fill
- Mode / permissions
- Keep both groups identical
- Input files
- Record hashes so both runs use the same files
Fields to log
| # | Field | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Host and model | to be tested |
| 2 | Task and input hash | to be tested |
| 3 | Time to first token | to be tested |
| 4 | Total wall-clock time | to be tested |
| 5 | Output length and quality score | to be tested |
| 6 | Failure records | to be tested |
Conclusion
To be tested. Any conclusion must also state what it can't generalize to.
Why we don’t write results yet
Streaming improves feel but may not change final quality; this site records only, no conclusions.