# Qwen235B ground-truth audit

Objective: maximum SLO-feasible offered request throughput per GPU.
This report contains real-machine data only; it makes no Frontier match claim.

| case | valid cells | score levels | top-set size | random top-set hit | informative pairs |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| qwen235b_prefill_only | 8/8 | 3 | 4/8 | 50.0% | 20/28 (71.4%) |
| qwen235b_decode_only | 7/8 | 2 | 5/8 | 62.5% | 15/28 (53.6%) |

## Cells

### qwen235b_prefill_only

| cell | capacity bracket (req/s/GPU) | valid | probes | source |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---|
| tp4_mns128_mbt16384 | [0.106666667, 0.117500000) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp4_mns128_mbt8192 | [0.117500000, 0.133333333) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp4_mns64_mbt16384 | [0.106666667, 0.117500000) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp4_mns64_mbt8192 | [0.117500000, 0.133333333) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp8_mns128_mbt16384 | [0.172708333, 0.177916667) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp8_mns128_mbt8192 | [0.172708333, 0.177916667) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp8_mns64_mbt16384 | [0.172708333, 0.177916667) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp8_mns64_mbt8192 | [0.172708333, 0.177916667) | yes | 6 | primary_search |

Top set: `tp8_mns128_mbt16384, tp8_mns128_mbt8192, tp8_mns64_mbt16384, tp8_mns64_mbt8192`.
Possibly optimal under binary-search brackets: `tp8_mns128_mbt16384, tp8_mns128_mbt8192, tp8_mns64_mbt16384, tp8_mns64_mbt8192`.

### qwen235b_decode_only

| cell | capacity bracket (req/s/GPU) | valid | probes | source |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---|
| tp2_dp4_ep8_mns128_mbt256 | [0.058958333, 0.066875000) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp2_dp4_ep8_mns128_mbt384 | [0.058958333, 0.066875000) | no | 6 | partial_probe_before_failure |
| tp2_dp4_ep8_mns64_mbt256 | [0.058958333, 0.066875000) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp2_dp4_ep8_mns64_mbt384 | [0.053541667, 0.058958333) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp4_dp2_ep8_mns128_mbt256 | [0.058958333, 0.066875000) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp4_dp2_ep8_mns128_mbt384 | [0.058958333, 0.066875000) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp4_dp2_ep8_mns64_mbt256 | [0.053541667, 0.058958333) | yes | 6 | primary_search |
| tp4_dp2_ep8_mns64_mbt384 | [0.053541667, 0.058958333) | yes | 6 | primary_search |

Top set: `tp2_dp4_ep8_mns128_mbt256, tp2_dp4_ep8_mns128_mbt384, tp2_dp4_ep8_mns64_mbt256, tp4_dp2_ep8_mns128_mbt256, tp4_dp2_ep8_mns128_mbt384`.
Possibly optimal under binary-search brackets: `tp2_dp4_ep8_mns128_mbt256, tp2_dp4_ep8_mns128_mbt384, tp2_dp4_ep8_mns64_mbt256, tp2_dp4_ep8_mns64_mbt384, tp4_dp2_ep8_mns128_mbt256, tp4_dp2_ep8_mns128_mbt384, tp4_dp2_ep8_mns64_mbt256, tp4_dp2_ep8_mns64_mbt384`.

## Interpretation guardrail

A Frontier top-set hit is insufficient by itself because the surfaces contain large ties. The later comparison must report selected-config regret and tie-aware pairwise ranking, and must keep invalid real cells visible.
