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Equation 10 · Part 3 · The Deployment Envelope: Small Models Where the Power Is Not

Symbol N_tok

Eq=Pˉ⋅NtokrE_{q} = \bar{P} \cdot \frac{N_{\mathrm{tok}}}{r}
NtokN_{\mathrm{tok}}

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the tokens generated.

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NtN_tok occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.

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with mean power Pˉ\bar{P} , tokens generated NtokN_{\mathrm{tok}} and sustained token rate r .

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…for. On a battery-powered, thermally capped device it is the single most expensive thing you can do, because energy per query scales with tokens generated: Eq=Pˉ⋅NtokrE_{q} = \bar{P} \cdot \frac{N_{\mathrm{tok}}}{r}. with mean power Pˉ\bar{P} , tokens generated NtokN_{\mathrm{tok}} and sustained token rate r . Both Pˉ\bar{P} and r are set by the thermal wall, and r falls as the device heats — so a long deliberation is charged at a worsening exchange rate the longer it runs, which is exactly the behaviour the sustained-load measurements show [ 6 , 5 ] . The…

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