--- title: Do Enormous LLM Context Windows Spell the End of RAG? description: The increasing context window in large language models (LLMs) raises questions about the relevance of retrieval augmented generation (RAG). While RAG combines... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/do-enormous-llm-context-windows-spell-the-end-of-rag--ma8eq2c4w twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Do Enormous LLM Context Windows Spell the End of RAG? | daily.dev og:description: The increasing context window in large language models (LLMs) raises questions about the relevance of retrieval augmented generation (RAG). While RAG combines... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/do-enormous-llm-context-windows-spell-the-end-of-rag--ma8eq2c4w og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mA8eq2c4w.png og:image:alt: Do Enormous LLM Context Windows Spell the End of RAG? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Do Enormous LLM Context Windows Spell the End of RAG? **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The increasing context window in large language models (LLMs) raises questions about the relevance of retrieval augmented generation (RAG). While RAG combines LLMs with external knowledge sources for more accurate responses, the longer context windows in LLMs can potentially lead to more accurate and contextually relevant answers without the need for RAG. However, RAG still persists due to its complex capabilities and ability to optimize performance and accuracy. Fine-tuning and long context windows have their own challenges and limitations compared to RAG. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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