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Among 3,571 request logs, 2,321 intermediate Agent queries routed to the lightweight model cost a total of $1.73, and 1,250 complex reasoning queries routed to the flagship model cost a total of $70.55, for an actual total spend of $72.28, versus $156.78 required to send everything to the flagship model, saving $84.50, a cost reduction of about 54%.
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10/21/2026
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