# Retrieval Quality/Latency

> The degree to which retrieval must trade result quality against speed.

Record: `lexicon:retrieval-quality-latency`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-retrieval-quality-latency

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Monitoring Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/monitoring-cost.md) and before [Cost/Noise](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cost-noise.md).

## Category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/model-architecture.md)

## In tension with

- [Retrieval-Augmented Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/retrieval-augmented-generation.md)
- [Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) / Retrieval Quality/Latency](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/retrieval-augmented-generation-rag-retrieval-quality-latency.md)

## Linked from

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-model-architecture.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)