ByteOrbital

Benchmark Methodology

Last updated 12 November 2026

Benchmark numbers are only useful if you know where they came from. Every result on ByteOrbital carries a provenance label, and we do not blur the lines between them.

The three categories

1. ByteOrbital Tested

Results from tests we ran ourselves. For each one we publish what we can: the hardware and software versions, drivers, settings, power and thermal conditions, the test procedure, number of runs and how the figure was derived. We keep the raw evidence. Where a test cannot be repeated or the setup limits what it shows, we say so.

2. Independent Third-Party Results

Results measured by someone else, such as a testing lab, a standards body or a published open dataset, shown with attribution and a link to the source. We only include them if we have the right to: through an authorised API, a licence, permissible public data or manual entry with permission. We do not scrape or reproduce proprietary benchmark databases. We do not independently verify these figures unless we say we have.

3. Manufacturer Claims

Figures published by the company that makes the product, for example "up to 2x faster". These are always labelled as claims and shown with the conditions the manufacturer gave, where available. They are marketing until someone independent confirms them.

Never mixed without explanation

A single chart or table will not combine categories without clear visual separation and a note explaining why. If a manufacturer figure appears next to our own result, they are visibly distinct, and we say what the difference is.

Comparability rules

We only put results side by side when they are genuinely comparable. That means the same test and version, similar settings, resolution, precision or quantisation, and comparable software and drivers. When they are not, we either leave out the comparison or warn you. For AI models, results can depend heavily on prompts, context length, quantisation and runtime, so we record these. Averages and rankings state exactly which results they include.

No invented results

We do not estimate, extrapolate or fill gaps with made-up numbers. If we have no data for a product, the table says so. AI tools help us organise and present data, but they do not generate benchmark results. Every figure has a recorded source.

Corrections and updates

Software changes performance. If new drivers or firmware change a result, we retest or mark the old figure with its date. Spotted a mistake? Use our corrections process.