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title: "Claude was faster and cheaper. We took the scenic route anyway"
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published_at: "2026-11-06T02:59:39.000Z"
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summary: "A comparison of five small local models found Claude was faster and cheaper, but the authors took a different approach and reported a safety test failure and a method to rerun decisions without asking the models again."
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# Claude was faster and cheaper\. We took the scenic route anyway

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**Published:** 2026-11-06T02:59:39.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** anthropic, llm

## Summary

A comparison of five small local models found Claude was faster and cheaper, but the authors took a different approach and reported a safety test failure and a method to rerun decisions without asking the models again\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://blog.grainulation.org/verify-then-vote/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50387623>)