Comparison guide

SuperCompress vs truncation

Truncation keeps the beginning and end, drops the middle. If answer evidence sits in the middle, truncation removes it.

By Arjun Shah - Creator of SuperCompress - Updated 2026-07-03

Why truncation is risky

Truncation achieves only ~25% oracle recall at a 65% compression budget. That means 75% of the time, the line containing the answer gets dropped.

Benchmark comparison

MetricTruncationSuperCompress
Oracle recall25%100%
Query awarenessNoneFull

Frequently asked questions

When is truncation acceptable?

When relevant context is always at the start or end.

Can I combine both?

Yes. Use compression first, then hard truncation as a safety guardrail.

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