# Benchmarking / Environment Drift

> "benchmarking" (performance-core layer) is traded against "Environment Drift" (performance-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Environment Drift" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:benchmarking-environment-drift`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-benchmarking-environment-drift

## tensions-with

- [Benchmarking](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/benchmarking.md)
- [Environment Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/environment-drift.md)