---
title: "test-time compute"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "term"
status: "watching"
canonical_name: "test-time compute"
aliases: ["inference-time compute","test-time scaling"]
first_seen: "2026-06-04T00:00:00.000Z"
connects_to: ["inference economics","extended thinking (serial scaling)","compute-optimal scaling"]
---


Watching stub, created early per Cali ruling 2026-07-07 — the ruling-7
re-source topic (Epoch AI / Stanford HAI primaries) is expected to grow this
cluster. Volatile term; watch for it displacing "inference scaling" or being
displaced.

## References
- [[claim-test-time-compute-can-substitute-parameters]] · [[claim-extended-thinking-as-serial-inference-compute]] · [[claim-inference-dominant-ai-compute-2026]] · [[moc-inference-economics]] · [[question-bridge-training-inference-compute]]