Ason Gautam

How Chunk Size and Embedding Model Choice Affect Retrieval-Augmented Generation Quality and Cost: A Controlled Comparison on Consumer Hardware

This study investigates how chunk size and embedding model choice affect the retrieval quality, end-to-end answer quality, and indexing cost of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. A controlled 3 × 3 experiment evaluates three chunk sizes (128, 256, and 512 words) with t...

How Chunk Size and Embedding Model Choice Affect Retrieval-Augmented Generation Quality and Cost: A Controlled Comparison on Consumer Hardware

This study investigates how chunk size and embedding model choice affect the retrieval quality, end-to-end answer quality, and indexing cost of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. A controlled 3 × 3 experiment evaluates three chunk sizes (128, 256, and 512 words) with t...