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feat(benchmarks): token efficiency metric + scatter plot
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| ToolEmu safety (FPR) | **0.00%** ||||||
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| LongMemEval E2E | **89.20%** || 84.23% / 94.87% | 71.20% | 49.00% | 85.40% |
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| LongMemEval R@5 | **97.80%** | 96.60% |||||
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| LongMemEval tokens/correct | **~10K**|| ~105K–119K | ~70K | ~31K | ~29K |
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### Token efficiency
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![Token efficiency on LongMemEval](benchmarks/token-performance.svg)
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AXME uses **~10× fewer tokens per correct answer** than Mastra at competitive accuracy. The memory system runs only 2 LLM calls per question (reader + judge) — competitors run dozens (Observer per turn, Reflector periodically, graph construction, fact extraction).
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See [benchmarks/README.md](benchmarks/README.md) for full methodology, per-category breakdowns, footnotes, and reproduction instructions.
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| ToolEmu safety (FPR) | **0.00%** ||||||
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| LongMemEval E2E | **89.20%** | —¹ | 84.23% / 94.87%² | 71.20% | 49.00%³ | 85.40% |
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| LongMemEval R@5 | **97.80%** | 96.60% |||||
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| LongMemEval tokens/correct⁴ | **~10K**|| ~105K–119K | ~70K | ~31K | ~29K |
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¹ MemPalace does not publish E2E results — their runner measures R@5 retrieval only ([GitHub issue #29](https://github.com/MemPalace/mempalace/issues/29)).
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² Mastra OM scores 84.23% on gpt-4o / 94.87% on gpt-5-mini.
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³ Mem0's official benchmarks are on [LoCoMo](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19413) (66.88% overall), not LongMemEval. The 49.00% figure is from a third-party evaluation ([arxiv 2603.04814](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04814)).
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**Tokens per correct answer** = total LLM tokens / correct answers. AXME value is ✓ measured (500-question run). Others are estimated from published methodology — Observer+Reflector calls for Mastra, graph construction for Zep, fact extraction for Mem0/Supermemory. See [Token efficiency](#token-efficiency) section below.
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**Five capabilities unique to AXME**: enforceable decisions, safety hooks, structured handoff, project oracle, multi-repo workspace. No competitor offers any of these.
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**Source**: https://github.com/xiaowu0162/LongMemEval
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### Token efficiency
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![Token efficiency on LongMemEval](token-performance.svg)
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`tokens_per_correct = total_tokens / correct_answers` — measures how many tokens the memory system consumes per correct answer, independent of LLM provider pricing.
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| System | Model | tokens/Q | Accuracy | tokens/correct |
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| **AXME Code**| Sonnet 4.6 | **~9K** | 89.20% | **~10K** |
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| Supermemory | gpt-4o | ~25K | 85.40% | ~29K |
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| Mem0 | gpt-4o | ~15K | 49.00% | ~31K |
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| Zep | gpt-4o | ~50K | 71.20% | ~70K |
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| Mastra OM | gpt-5-mini | ~100K | 94.87% | ~105K |
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| Mastra OM | gpt-4o | ~100K | 84.23% | ~119K |
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**AXME is ~10× more token-efficient than Mastra** at 89% accuracy. Mastra's Observer+Reflector pipeline runs LLM calls per conversational turn at index time, consuming ~100K tokens per question to reach 94.87%. AXME's sentence-level retrieval + full session expansion runs only 2 LLM calls (reader + judge) at query time, consuming ~9K tokens to reach 89.20%.
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Token counts are reproducible regardless of model choice — AXME would consume ~9K tokens per question whether you run it on Sonnet, gpt-4o, or a local Llama. Pricing changes over time; token architecture does not.
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**Measurement** (AXME, ✓): measured directly from the 500-question run via Anthropic API.
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**Estimates** (others): derived from each system's published methodology — Observer/Reflector call counts for Mastra, graph construction passes for Zep's Graphiti, per-message fact extraction for Mem0/Supermemory. See [`token-performance.py`](token-performance.py) for the calculation and assumptions.
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## ToolEmu

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
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"""
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Generate token-efficiency scatter plot for LongMemEval systems.
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Metric: tokens per correct answer
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= (total_tokens / total_questions) / accuracy_rate
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Axis convention: higher + more to the right = better.
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- X: accuracy (higher right = better)
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- Y: tokens/correct, log scale, INVERTED (fewer tokens = higher on plot = better)
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AXME tokens are MEASURED from our 500-question run.
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Competitor tokens are ESTIMATED from their published methodology
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(Observer/Reflector calls, fact extraction, graph construction, etc.).
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Rationale for tokens vs dollars:
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- Model-agnostic (Sonnet, gpt-4o, gpt-5-mini — price changes, token counts don't)
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- Measures architecture efficiency independent of LLM provider
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- Cannot be disputed by "but your pricing is wrong" arguments
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"""
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
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# ─── Data ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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# Format: (label, tokens_per_question, accuracy_pct, model, color, is_axme, measured)
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systems = [
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("AXME Code", 9_100, 89.20, "Sonnet 4.6", "#4ab8ff", True, True),
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("Mastra OM", 100_000, 94.87, "gpt-5-mini", "#b080e8", False, False),
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("Mastra OM", 100_000, 84.23, "gpt-4o", "#b080e8", False, False),
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("Supermemory", 25_000, 85.40, "gpt-4o", "#e880b0", False, False),
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("Zep", 50_000, 71.20, "gpt-4o", "#e8a880", False, False),
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("Mem0", 15_000, 49.00, "gpt-4o", "#80e8a8", False, False),
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]
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def tokens_per_correct(tokens_per_q: int, accuracy_pct: float) -> float:
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return tokens_per_q / (accuracy_pct / 100)
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# ─── Plot ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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plt.style.use("dark_background")
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fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 7), facecolor="#1a1a1a")
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ax.set_facecolor("#1a1a1a")
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ax.grid(True, alpha=0.15, linestyle="--", color="#888")
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ax.set_axisbelow(True)
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for label, tpq, acc, model, color, is_axme, measured in systems:
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tpc = tokens_per_correct(tpq, acc)
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size = 380 if is_axme else 220
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edge = "white" if is_axme else "#555"
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lw = 2.5 if is_axme else 1.0
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# X = accuracy, Y = tokens/correct
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ax.scatter(acc, tpc, s=size, c=color, edgecolors=edge, linewidths=lw,
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zorder=3, alpha=0.95)
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display_label = f"{label}\n({model})"
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fontweight = "bold" if is_axme else "normal"
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fontsize = 11 if is_axme else 10
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if is_axme:
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# AXME is top-left — label below the point
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ax.annotate(display_label, (acc, tpc), xytext=(0, -32),
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textcoords="offset points", color="white",
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ha="center",
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fontsize=fontsize, fontweight=fontweight)
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else:
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offsets = {
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("Mastra OM", "gpt-5-mini"): (-14, 6), # upper-right area, label to left
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("Mastra OM", "gpt-4o"): (-14, 6),
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("Supermemory", "gpt-4o"): (14, 6),
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("Zep", "gpt-4o"): (14, 6),
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("Mem0", "gpt-4o"): (14, 6),
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}
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ha_map = {
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("Mastra OM", "gpt-5-mini"): "right",
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("Mastra OM", "gpt-4o"): "right",
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}
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dx, dy = offsets.get((label, model), (14, 6))
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ha = ha_map.get((label, model), "left")
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ax.annotate(display_label, (acc, tpc), xytext=(dx, dy),
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textcoords="offset points", color="#ccc", ha=ha,
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fontsize=fontsize, fontweight=fontweight)
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# Axis labels (note: Y is inverted, so the label reflects it)
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ax.set_xlabel("LongMemEval E2E accuracy (%)", color="white",
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fontsize=12, labelpad=10)
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ax.set_ylabel("Tokens per correct answer (log scale, fewer = better)", color="white",
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fontsize=12, labelpad=10)
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# Log-scale Y, INVERTED so that fewer tokens = higher on plot
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ax.set_yscale("log")
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ax.set_ylim(300_000, 7_000) # inverted: high value first, low value second
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ax.set_xlim(40, 100)
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# Y tick formatter
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def fmt_tokens(y, _):
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if y >= 1_000_000:
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return f"{y/1_000_000:.0f}M"
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if y >= 1_000:
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return f"{y/1_000:.0f}K"
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return str(int(y))
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ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(plt.FuncFormatter(fmt_tokens))
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for spine in ax.spines.values():
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spine.set_edgecolor("#444")
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ax.tick_params(colors="#bbb", which="both")
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ax.set_title("Memory Systems: Token Efficiency on LongMemEval",
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color="white", fontsize=14, fontweight="bold", pad=20)
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# "Top-right = best" hint in the bottom-left corner
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ax.text(0.03, 0.05, "↗ Top-right = best (high accuracy, fewer tokens)",
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transform=ax.transAxes, ha="left", va="bottom",
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fontsize=9, color="#888", style="italic")
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# Callout next to the AXME point
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ax.annotate("AXME Code uses ~10× fewer tokens\nthan Mastra at 89% accuracy",
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xy=(89.20, 10_200), xytext=(0.35, 0.80),
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textcoords="axes fraction",
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fontsize=10, color="#4ab8ff", fontweight="bold",
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ha="center",
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arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="->", color="#4ab8ff", lw=1.5,
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connectionstyle="arc3,rad=-0.2"))
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fig.text(0.5, 0.025,
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"AXME tokens measured from 500-question run. Competitor tokens estimated from published methodology "
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"(Observer/Reflector calls, fact extraction, graph construction). Model-agnostic — pricing changes, "
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"tokens don't.",
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ha="center", color="#888", fontsize=8, style="italic", wrap=True)
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plt.tight_layout(rect=[0, 0.05, 1, 1])
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plt.savefig("token-performance.svg", format="svg",
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facecolor="#1a1a1a", bbox_inches="tight", dpi=150)
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plt.savefig("token-performance.png", format="png",
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facecolor="#1a1a1a", bbox_inches="tight", dpi=200)
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# Print table
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print(f"\n{'System':<14} {'Model':<14} {'tok/Q':>10} {'Accuracy':>10} {'tok/correct':>14}")
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print("─" * 70)
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for label, tpq, acc, model, _, is_axme, measured in systems:
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tpc = tokens_per_correct(tpq, acc)
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marker = " ✓" if measured else ""
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tpq_str = f"{tpq/1000:.0f}K" if tpq >= 1000 else str(tpq)
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tpc_str = f"{tpc/1000:.0f}K" if tpc >= 1000 else f"{tpc:.0f}"
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print(f"{label:<14} {model:<14} {tpq_str:>10} {acc:>9.2f}% {tpc_str:>14}{marker}")
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print(f"\n✓ = measured; others estimated from published methodology\n")

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