# Fireworks says input tokens now outnumber output tokens in agentic coding

> Original title: In an agentic coding benchmark we ran, input tokens now outnumber output tokens. That changes what inference has to be good at.

- Source: Fireworks
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:22:02.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ig25481wox6em6ous73qujt8j
- Original: https://x.com/FireworksAI_HQ/status/2116219087722254433

## Summary

Fireworks reports that in an agentic coding benchmark it ran, input tokens now outnumber output tokens. Its CTO and co-founder Dmytro Dzhulgakov will speak on inference for agents at Fireworks Forge, with the keynote streaming live on November 3.

## Post

In an agentic coding benchmark we ran, input tokens now outnumber output tokens. That changes what inference has to be good at.

Our CTO & Co-founder @dzhulgakov speaks on inference in the world of agents at Fireworks Forge.

Watch the keynote live Nov 3: https://bit.ly/deployx

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