@article{whendoesllmorchestrationpayoffacontrolle, title = {When Does LLM Orchestration Pay Off? A Controlled Evaluation of Accuracy, Cost, and Task Difficulty}, author = {Nicolas Leins and Nico Pelleriti and Jana Gonnermann-Müller and Sebastian Pokutta}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2608.00685}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.00685}, }