RAG vs Fine-tune vs Train

Compare RAG, fine-tuning, and training from scratch. Cost, latency, and when each strategy makes sense. First-principles AI strategy.

Monthly inference requests; affects RAG cost
Data size in GB; affects setup costs
Base model size; affects fine-tune and train costs

Comparison

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