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All benchmarks from a production system running on Windows with RTX 5090 (embedding server) + TerpHQ gateway. Your numbers will vary based on hardware, vault size, and model choice.

Memory Search Performance

Metric	nomic-embed-text (768-dim)	Qwen3-Embedding-8B (4096-dim)
Dimensions	768	4096
MTEB Rank	~Top 20	#1 family
Search latency	~45ms	~45ms (L1 cache hit) / ~70ms (cold)
Index size (our system)	73-180 chunks per agent	24,700+ chunks per agent
Files indexed	5-16 per agent	947-962 per agent
Cache entries	59-293	6,682-41,617
Multimodal	No	No (text-only, what markdown memory needs)
VRAM required	~300MB (Ollama)	~8GB INT8 / ~14GB FP16 (custom Python server)

Context Optimization

Metric	Stock OpenClaw	After Optimization
Workspace context per msg	15-20 KB	4-5 KB
SOUL.md	3-5 KB	< 1 KB (772 bytes target)
MEMORY.md	5-15 KB	< 3 KB (pointers only)
AGENTS.md	3-8 KB	< 2 KB (decision tree)
TOOLS.md	2-5 KB	< 1 KB (one-liners)
Total injected	15-30 KB	< 8 KB
Token cost per msg (Opus)	~$0.25 (50K tokens)	~$0.025 (5K tokens)
Response time	4-8 sec	1-3 sec

Memory Bridge Impact

Metric	Without Bridge	With Bridge
Vault chunks available to Codex	0	8-18 per task
Past mistake repetition	Frequent	Rare
Architecture alignment	Guesses	Follows established patterns
Iteration rounds needed	3-5	1-2
First-attempt quality	~60%	~85%

Self-Improving System Compounding

Week	Corrections Logged	Mistakes Avoided	HOT.md Entries	Promoted to AGENTS.md
1	~5	0	0	0
2	~12	~3	~3	0
4	~25	~10	~8	~2
8	~40	~25	~12	~5
12	~50	~35+	~15	~8

(Projected based on daily usage patterns. Actual numbers will vary.)

Vault System

Metric	Flat Files	Vault + MOCs
Total files	358 (date-named)	951+ (claim-named)
Search method	Vector only	Vector + graph traversal
Wiki-links	0	71+ bidirectional
MOC pages	0	8+ in 01_thinking/
Cross-session memory	None	Agent Notes breadcrumbs
Search relevance	15 partial matches, 3 useful	3-5 connected results

Agent Reindex (768→4096 dim)

Agent	Before (nomic)	After (Qwen3-Embedding-8B)
ops	951 files, 24,733 chunks, 768-dim	951 files, 24,752 chunks, 4096-dim
alpha	5 files, 73 chunks, 768-dim	950 files, 24,789 chunks, 4096-dim
content	4 files, 42 chunks, 768-dim	949 files, 24,758 chunks, 4096-dim
scout	2 files, 24 chunks, 768-dim	947 files, 24,738 chunks, 4096-dim
godmode	16 files, 180 chunks, 768-dim	962 files, 24,860 chunks, 4096-dim

Gateway Startup / Model Listing

Metric	May-14-era build	2026.5.22+ target
/models listing with large provider catalog	Can take seconds on cold path	Hot path should be effectively immediate after startup metadata caching
Gateway startup idle work	Plugin/channel/provider metadata loaded eagerly	Startup-idle plugin work, ACPX runtime, metadata snapshots, and auth-state maps are cached/lazy-loaded
Operator action	N/A	Benchmark openclaw models list and startup after every plugin/provider expansion

SWE-bench Coding Model Rankings (May 2026)

Rank	Model	Score
#1	Claude Opus 4.7	1549
#2	Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking)	1545
#3	Claude Sonnet 4.6	1524
#6	GPT-5.4	1457