## Line Graph: Computation Time vs. Image Size for SiT-XL/2 and SiPoM-XL/2
### Overview
The graph compares the computation time (in seconds per image) for two methods, **SiT-XL/2** (blue circles) and **SiPoM-XL/2** (green squares), across varying image sizes (256x256 to 4096x4096 pixels). Both methods show increasing computation time with larger images, but SiT-XL/2 exhibits a significantly steeper growth rate.
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### Components/Axes
- **X-axis**: Image side length (pixels)
- Markers: 256, 1024, 2048, 4096
- **Y-axis**: Computation time (s/image)
- Scale: 0.00 to 0.20 (increments of 0.05)
- **Legend**:
- **SiT-XL/2**: Blue circles (top-left corner)
- **SiPoM-XL/2**: Green squares (top-left corner)
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### Detailed Analysis
1. **SiT-XL/2 (Blue Circles)**:
- **256px**: ~0.005s/image
- **1024px**: ~0.01s/image
- **2048px**: ~0.03s/image
- **4096px**: ~0.19s/image
- **Trend**: Exponential growth. The slope steepens dramatically between 2048px and 4096px.
2. **SiPoM-XL/2 (Green Squares)**:
- **256px**: ~0.005s/image
- **1024px**: ~0.005s/image
- **2048px**: ~0.005s/image
- **4096px**: ~0.06s/image
- **Trend**: Linear growth. Computation time remains nearly constant until 4096px, where it rises modestly.
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### Key Observations
- **SiT-XL/2** computation time increases by **~38x** from 256px to 4096px.
- **SiPoM-XL/2** computation time increases by **~12x** over the same range.
- At 4096px, SiT-XL/2 is **~3.2x slower** than SiPoM-XL/2.
- Both methods start with identical computation times at 256px.
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### Interpretation
The data highlights a critical efficiency disparity between the two methods. **SiPoM-XL/2** demonstrates superior scalability, maintaining near-constant computation time across image sizes, while **SiT-XL/2** becomes prohibitively slow for high-resolution images (e.g., 4096px). This suggests SiPoM-XL/2 may be preferable for applications requiring processing of large images, whereas SiT-XL/2 might be limited to smaller resolutions. The exponential growth of SiT-XL/2 raises questions about its algorithmic complexity (e.g., O(nĀ²) vs. O(n log n) for SiPoM-XL/2).
