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title: "Cost & Latency"
url: https://aimodelscompare.com/topics/cost-and-latency/
description: "Working notes filed under cost & latency: the three costs of a request and why they rarely move together."
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# Cost & Latency

Cost & Latency

The three costs of a request and why they rarely move together.

THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 2026

- 6 AUG 2026 · 14:25 · COST & LATENCY[Latency, throughput and cost move in different directions](https://aimodelscompare.com/notes/latency-throughput-and-cost/)

- 6 AUG 2026 · 11:40 · COST & LATENCY[Cached prompts distort a latency comparison](https://aimodelscompare.com/notes/cached-prompts-and-latency/)