Comment by kzrdude

2 days ago

I think that's called test-time scaling i.e using more tokens at infer time to squeeze out higher model performance. That's must be part of the explanation for good benchmark results.

that seems to be how most Chinese models achieve increased benchmark scores. GLM and Kimi models are "thinkslop" models that reason over their own thinking, which increases cost and decreases speed significantly. That's why GPT is in a different tier altogether - faster, smarter, and sometimes cheaper.

Yep.. it's pretty obnoxious for real-world use with the default 'xhigh' thinking. Ridiculous amount of "Wait, actually.." which might help for complex coding tasks but makes it unbearable for general purpose use.