Benchmarks
All numbers below are generated reproducibly by running:
python benchmarks/generate_report.py
1. Deterministic Replay vs. Live LLM API Latency

| Metric |
Live API (20 turns @ 150ms RTT) |
Rerunner Replay |
| Total Wall Time |
3.07s |
0.005s |
| Speedup |
1.0x |
661.2x faster |
| Tokens Consumed |
20,600 tokens |
0 tokens |
| Estimated Cost (gpt-4o) |
$0.0785 |
$0.0000 |
2. Cassette Serialization & Compression (200 Turns)

| Format |
Extension |
File Size |
Space Saved |
Write Time |
Read Time |
| Plain JSONL |
cassette.jsonl |
273.09 KB |
0.0% |
3.10 ms |
26.61 ms |
| Gzip (.gz) |
cassette.jsonl.gz |
14.65 KB |
94.6% |
5.64 ms |
18.71 ms |
| Zstandard (.zst) |
cassette.jsonl.zst |
12.33 KB |
95.5% |
4.94 ms |
15.28 ms |