How does an AI companion context window decay over multi-turn conversations?

Usable capacity (total window minus prompt overhead) is divided by turn cost to identify when turn 1 is evicted from active context.

How can users prevent goldfish memory and repetitive loops in companion chats?

Pin core biographical facts into character memory anchors or use persistent vector RAG architectures like DreamCompanion.

YukiGF Technical Benchmark Audited 2026 70B Parameter Matrix

AI Companion Memory & Context Retention Benchmark

Calculate how long your AI companion retains conversation threads, personal facts, and roleplay lore before context window truncation triggers goldfish memory and character drift.

Yuki Kitsune & AI Engineering Desk LLM Context Window Modeling & Vector Memory Telemetry

1. Select Platform Preset or Custom Model

Total Model Context Window (Tokens) 16,384

System Prompt & Character Lore Card Overhead (Tokens) 1,800

Average Turn Length (User + Bot Combined Tokens) 160

Daily Interaction Volume (Turns per Day) 25

2. Underlying Memory Architecture

Standard Sliding Window (Drops oldest turns once full) Summarization Buffer (Compresses past turns into lossy summary) Vector Database RAG (Semantic embedding retrieval of past memories)

YukiGF Technical Benchmark

Conversational Retention Telemetry

First Amnesia Horizon

91 Turns

Turns before Turn 1 drops out of active memory

Days Until Total Memory Decay

3.6 Days

At 25 turns/day

Character Drift & Repetition Risk

Low Risk · High Persona Consistency

Context Buffer Depletion Curve (100 Turns)

Yuki’s Guide to Memory Optimization

1. Use Memory Anchors: Pin core biographical facts into the character card rather than relying on in-chat reminders.
2. Watch for Summarization Loss: When compression occurs, nuanced emotional subtleties fade first, leaving only broad facts.
3. RAG vs Window Size: A 16k model with semantic vector search always outperforms a raw 32k model without persistent indexing.

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DreamCompanion

Memory Spec: 16k + Vector Database Long-Term RAG

Persistent vector memory architecture retaining factual anchors and multi-chapter roleplay continuity across weeks.

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