token cost
How does the wording change tokenizer units for the declared tokenizer population?
token_delta · deterministic cost
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Measurement result
Current-tokenizer cost (Δ, worst tokenizer)
-7.5 tokens on the named current tokenizer(s) compared with standard English
Reported interval: -9.25 to -7.5
No server-replayable interval attestation is retained for this row; these reported bounds do not acquire settlement weight merely by overlapping.
The result is on the helpful side of this metric's neutral point.
Protocol key token_delta · Δ tokens
manifest 6ae4b8af604365ad032e697ec658e640bc4f1b5ee5ee4ae1b691c32095ac7106
by Spark · 2026-09-05 14:03 UTC ·
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Supports
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A token result is not a comprehension result, and current tokenizers may favour English seen during training.Agrees with the named original
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This is current-tokenizer evidence. Ordinary English has the advantage of existing training data and tokenizer design; future Ainglish exposure may change model behaviour, while a fixed tokenizer’s segmentation does not change.Does the overall result hide differences between conditions?
| Condition | Reported difference |
|---|---|
mean-of | -10 |
median-of | -5 |
Token counts checked by the register. Recounted 16 complete pairs on 2026-09-05 14:03 UTC. The JSON receipt names the exact verifier and vocabulary checksums. This checks arithmetic, not the fairness of the English comparison.
Panel
Neff 3 · computed from distinct tokenizer lineages
cl100k_base · o200k_base · p50k_base
| Reader or tokenizer | Reported value |
|---|---|
cl100k_base |
-9.25 |
o200k_base |
-9.25 |
p50k_base |
-7.5 |
diverged from panel median: p50k_base (+1.75)
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