Compare variants
Two design variants of Software Engineering Agent, delivering the same unit event by different designs. The comparison states what differs; it does not rank the designs.
Common unit event
Engineering Task
ENGINEERING_TASKOne software change request taken through task understanding, repository inspection, implementation planning, code generation/editing, validation, optional repair passes, and final review.
Left
CompleteAssisted Coding
Focused repository inspection, one planning pass, one implementation pass, one validation pass, no repair, one review.
Direct cost per engineering task
Reference
Open scenario
dv-assisted-codingRight
CompleteAutonomous Implementation
Larger repository context, three fixed validation occurrences and two fixed repair occurrences. The word describes the workload style, not a runtime that decides for itself.
Direct cost per engineering task
Reference
Open scenario
dv-autonomous-implementationNo difference figure is shown
A difference between two prices is itself a price, and this surface derives none. The read model carries each variant’s own reference result and no comparison of them, so both figures are shown as they were produced and are read against each other by eye.
Shared assumptions
Inputs both variants carry with the same meaning. Everything compared below stands on these; where a shared input holds a different value in each variant, the row says so.
62 shared
| Input | Assisted Coding | Autonomous Implementation |
|---|---|---|
Cached Tokensau-finalize-engineering-change.cached_tokens | 0TOKEN | 0TOKEN |
Code Change TokensDiffersau-finalize-engineering-change.code_change_tokens | 2200TOKEN | 3500TOKEN |
Final Review and Summary — offeringau-finalize-engineering-change.commercial_offering | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 |
Expected Final Output TokensDiffersau-finalize-engineering-change.expected_final_output_tokens | 600TOKEN | 900TOKEN |
Final Instruction TokensDiffersau-finalize-engineering-change.final_instruction_tokens | 450TOKEN | 400TOKEN |
Final Review and Summary — modeau-finalize-engineering-change.implementation_mode | im-finalize-engineering-change-model | im-finalize-engineering-change-model |
Normalized Task TokensDiffersau-finalize-engineering-change.normalized_task_tokens | 650TOKEN | 900TOKEN |
Final Review and Summary — occurrencesau-finalize-engineering-change.occurrence_count | 1UNIT | 1UNIT |
Repair Change TokensDiffersau-finalize-engineering-change.repair_change_tokens | 0TOKEN | 1400TOKEN |
Repository Context Tokensau-finalize-engineering-change.repository_context_tokens | 800TOKEN | 800TOKEN |
Validation Assessment TokensDiffersau-finalize-engineering-change.validation_assessment_tokens | 500TOKEN | 800TOKEN |
Cached Tokensau-generate-code-change.cached_tokens | 0TOKEN | 0TOKEN |
Generate Code Change — offeringau-generate-code-change.commercial_offering | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 |
Expected Code Change TokensDiffersau-generate-code-change.expected_code_change_tokens | 2200TOKEN | 3500TOKEN |
Implementation Instruction TokensDiffersau-generate-code-change.implementation_instruction_tokens | 3050TOKEN | 4600TOKEN |
Generate Code Change — modeau-generate-code-change.implementation_mode | im-generate-code-change-model | im-generate-code-change-model |
Implementation Plan TokensDiffersau-generate-code-change.implementation_plan_tokens | 900TOKEN | 1500TOKEN |
Normalized Task TokensDiffersau-generate-code-change.normalized_task_tokens | 650TOKEN | 900TOKEN |
Generate Code Change — occurrencesau-generate-code-change.occurrence_count | 1UNIT | 1UNIT |
Repository Context TokensDiffersau-generate-code-change.repository_context_tokens | 3600TOKEN | 7000TOKEN |
Cached Tokensau-generate-code-repair.cached_tokens | 0TOKEN | 0TOKEN |
Code Change Tokensau-generate-code-repair.code_change_tokens | 3500TOKEN | 3500TOKEN |
Expected Repair Change Tokensau-generate-code-repair.expected_repair_change_tokens | 2200TOKEN | 2200TOKEN |
Generate Repair — modeau-generate-code-repair.implementation_mode | im-generate-code-repair-model | im-generate-code-repair-model |
Normalized Task Tokensau-generate-code-repair.normalized_task_tokens | 900TOKEN | 900TOKEN |
Generate Repair — occurrencesDiffersau-generate-code-repair.occurrence_count | 1UNIT | 2UNIT |
Repair Instruction Tokensau-generate-code-repair.repair_instruction_tokens | 2600TOKEN | 2600TOKEN |
Repository Context Tokensau-generate-code-repair.repository_context_tokens | 1200TOKEN | 1200TOKEN |
Validation Assessment Tokensau-generate-code-repair.validation_assessment_tokens | 800TOKEN | 800TOKEN |
Inspect Repository Context — modeau-inspect-repository-context.implementation_mode | im-inspect-repository-local-unpriced | im-inspect-repository-local-unpriced |
Inspect Repository Context — occurrencesau-inspect-repository-context.occurrence_count | 1UNIT | 1UNIT |
Repository Context TokensDiffersau-inspect-repository-context.repository_context_tokens | 3600TOKEN | 7000TOKEN |
Repository Files ReadDiffersau-inspect-repository-context.repository_files_read | 6UNIT | 15UNIT |
Repository Search CountDiffersau-inspect-repository-context.repository_search_count | 3UNIT | 8UNIT |
Cached Tokensau-interpret-engineering-task.cached_tokens | 0TOKEN | 0TOKEN |
Interpret Engineering Task — offeringau-interpret-engineering-task.commercial_offering | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 |
Engineering Context TokensDiffersau-interpret-engineering-task.engineering_context_tokens | 900TOKEN | 1200TOKEN |
Engineering Task TokensDiffersau-interpret-engineering-task.engineering_task_tokens | 300TOKEN | 400TOKEN |
Expected Plan Seed TokensDiffersau-interpret-engineering-task.expected_plan_seed_tokens | 350TOKEN | 500TOKEN |
Interpret Engineering Task — modeau-interpret-engineering-task.implementation_mode | im-interpret-engineering-model | im-interpret-engineering-model |
Interpret Engineering Task — occurrencesau-interpret-engineering-task.occurrence_count | 1UNIT | 1UNIT |
System Instruction TokensDiffersau-interpret-engineering-task.system_instruction_tokens | 600TOKEN | 800TOKEN |
Cached Tokensau-plan-engineering-change.cached_tokens | 0TOKEN | 0TOKEN |
Plan Engineering Change — offeringau-plan-engineering-change.commercial_offering | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 |
Engineering Plan Seed TokensDiffersau-plan-engineering-change.engineering_plan_seed_tokens | 350TOKEN | 500TOKEN |
Expected Implementation Plan TokensDiffersau-plan-engineering-change.expected_implementation_plan_tokens | 900TOKEN | 1500TOKEN |
Plan Engineering Change — modeau-plan-engineering-change.implementation_mode | im-plan-engineering-change-model | im-plan-engineering-change-model |
Normalized Task TokensDiffersau-plan-engineering-change.normalized_task_tokens | 650TOKEN | 900TOKEN |
Plan Engineering Change — occurrencesau-plan-engineering-change.occurrence_count | 1UNIT | 1UNIT |
Planning Instruction Tokensau-plan-engineering-change.planning_instruction_tokens | 600TOKEN | 600TOKEN |
Repository Context TokensDiffersau-plan-engineering-change.repository_context_tokens | 3600TOKEN | 7000TOKEN |
Cached Tokensau-validate-code-change.cached_tokens | 0TOKEN | 0TOKEN |
Code Change TokensDiffersau-validate-code-change.code_change_tokens | 2200TOKEN | 3500TOKEN |
Code Execution Sessionsau-validate-code-change.code_execution_sessions | 1SESSION | 1SESSION |
Validate Change and Inspect Result — offeringau-validate-code-change.commercial_offering | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 | ctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2 |
Expected Validation Assessment TokensDiffersau-validate-code-change.expected_validation_assessment_tokens | 500TOKEN | 800TOKEN |
Validate Change and Inspect Result — modeau-validate-code-change.implementation_mode | im-validate-code-change-model-and-service | im-validate-code-change-model-and-service |
Normalized Task TokensDiffersau-validate-code-change.normalized_task_tokens | 650TOKEN | 900TOKEN |
Validate Change and Inspect Result — occurrencesDiffersau-validate-code-change.occurrence_count | 1UNIT | 3UNIT |
Repository Context Tokensau-validate-code-change.repository_context_tokens | 1200TOKEN | 1200TOKEN |
Validation Instruction TokensDiffersau-validate-code-change.validation_instruction_tokens | 250TOKEN | 500TOKEN |
Validation Result Context TokensDiffersau-validate-code-change.validation_result_context_tokens | 200TOKEN | 400TOKEN |
Only in Assisted Coding
- Generate Repair — enabled
au-generate-code-repair.enabledDisabled
Only in Autonomous Implementation
- Generate Repair — offering
au-generate-code-repair.commercial_offeringctxdex:offering:runvora-inference:ctxdex-code-2
Design differences
What the two designs do differently, before any money is involved.
Generate Repair
How many times it runs
au-generate-code-repairValidate Change and Inspect Result
How many times it runs
au-validate-code-changeOperations
Aligned on canonical identity, never on a display name.
In both6
- Finalize Change
op-finalize-engineering-change - Implement Change
op-implement-engineering-change - Inspect Repository & Context
op-inspect-repository-context - Plan Change
op-plan-engineering-change - Understand Engineering Task
op-understand-engineering-task - Validate & Repair
op-validate-repair-change
Only in Assisted Coding0
None
Only in Autonomous Implementation0
None
Activities
Aligned on canonical identity, never on a display name.
In both7
- Final Review and Summary
au-finalize-engineering-change - Generate Code Change
au-generate-code-change - Generate Repair
au-generate-code-repair - Inspect Repository Context
au-inspect-repository-context - Interpret Engineering Task
au-interpret-engineering-task - Plan Engineering Change
au-plan-engineering-change - Validate Change and Inspect Result
au-validate-code-change
Only in Assisted Coding0
None
Only in Autonomous Implementation0
None