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Rohit Raj
Rohit Raj

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AI Agent Memory vs Context Window: Why a Bigger Window Isn't Memory (2026)

Originally published on rohitraj.tech

A 1M-token context window is not memory — it is RAM that gets wiped when the session ends. On the LoCoMo benchmark a two-layer memory setup hit 91.6% accuracy at ~6,956 tokens vs 72.9% at ~26,000 tokens for full context. Here is the builder read: why context windows behave like RAM, the two-layer architecture every production agent needs, a minimal pgvector memory layer in code, and when a bigger window is still the right call.


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