diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index cbec65228..22711433e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -845,20 +845,10 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - kind: dense
             max_ratio: "1.10"
-            # Temporary native-analysis allowance on the cold compile only; restore 1.10 when the
-            # native analysis cold path is optimised. Measured 1.326/1.347 wall and 1.642/1.677 CPU
-            # over main, plus 10%.
-            cold_max_ratio: "1.49"
-            cold_max_cpu_ratio: "1.85"
             edit_max_ratio: "1.20"
             edit_max_cpu_ratio: "1.75"
           - kind: fresh
             max_ratio: "1.10"
-            # Temporary native-analysis allowance on the cold compile only; restore 1.10 when the
-            # native analysis cold path is optimised. Measured 1.285/1.153 wall and 1.551/1.404 CPU
-            # over main, plus 10%.
-            cold_max_ratio: "1.42"
-            cold_max_cpu_ratio: "1.71"
           - kind: dense
             label: contracts CPU vs base
             gate_phase: contracts_cpu_ms
@@ -867,9 +857,7 @@ jobs:
             label: model analysis CPU vs base
             gate_phase: model_analysis_cpu_ms
             compile_args: --compile-arg=--select=*
-            # Temporary native-analysis allowance; restore 1.10 when the native analysis path is
-            # optimised. Measured 2.660/2.554 over main, plus 10%.
-            max_ratio: "2.93"
+            max_ratio: "1.10"
           - kind: dense
             label: custom rules CPU vs base
             gate_phase: custom_rules_cpu_ms
diff --git a/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/COMPILE_BENCHMARKS.md b/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/COMPILE_BENCHMARKS.md
index ba7adcfde..90332a256 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/COMPILE_BENCHMARKS.md
+++ b/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/COMPILE_BENCHMARKS.md
@@ -88,11 +88,13 @@ All cases carry `models_3000` identifiers so they run only in the 3,000-model fr
 
 ## Same-runner comparison with the base branch
 
-Absolute budgets must absorb the spread between hosted runners, so every pull request that touches
-the compiler also runs `scripts/compare_compile_performance.py` on the dense and the fresh
-3,000-model benchmark. Base and head each compile a project written by their own generator, on the
-same runner, three alternating runs per mode, and the medians of wall and CPU time must stay within
-1.10x of base for each mode:
+Absolute budgets must absorb the spread between hosted runner classes, up to 1.9x on the same
+compile: the dense and fresh-process cache guards scale their wall budgets by a fixed calibration
+workload on slower classes. An absolute budget therefore cannot catch a slower compiler, so every
+pull request that touches the compiler also runs `scripts/compare_compile_performance.py` on the
+dense and the fresh 3,000-model benchmark. Base and head each compile a project written by their
+own generator, on the same runner, three alternating runs per mode, and the medians of wall and CPU
+time must stay within 1.10x of base for each mode:
 
 - cold: `sqb compile --json --no-cache` after removing `target`, after one untimed warm-up;
 - warm: an unchanged `sqb compile --json` after one untimed run that writes the cache;
diff --git a/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_dense_compile_performance.py b/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_dense_compile_performance.py
index e4526c4b7..9d997e32e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_dense_compile_performance.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_dense_compile_performance.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 _MIB: int = 1024 * 1024
 _GIB: int = 1024 * _MIB
 # Temporary allowance for the native parser switch: each cold wall budget below is its original
-# value times the approved 1.49 dense cold wall ratio ceiling. Drop the multiplier, back to the
-# original value, when the 1.10x same-runner ratio guards return.
+# value times 1.49, the approved dense cold slowdown of native analysis. Drop the multiplier, back
+# to the original value, when the native analysis cold path is optimised.
 _NATIVE_COLD_WALL_ALLOWANCE: float = 1.49
 # A delta reruns the edited model or the edited SQL test's few models; a full compile all of them.
 _MAX_DELTA_ANALYSED_MODELS: int = 10
diff --git a/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_fresh_process_compile_cache_performance.py b/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_fresh_process_compile_cache_performance.py
index 4fef91969..529eac388 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_fresh_process_compile_cache_performance.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_fresh_process_compile_cache_performance.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     assert_complete_compile_cache_hit,
     assert_successful_compile_cache_payload,
     fresh_process_compile_cache_metrics,
+    measure_runner_calibration,
     run_fresh_process_compile_cache_benchmark,
 )
 
@@ -200,6 +201,21 @@ def test_given_semantic_project_when_compiling_across_processes_then_cache_is_in
     test_case: FreshProcessCompileCachePerformanceGuardTestCase,
 ) -> None:
     assert_required_cgroup_memory_limit()
+    # Fixed work that does not depend on SQLBuild scales the wall budgets on a slower runner
+    # class; the in-job ratios below and the same-runner ratio jobs catch a slower compiler.
+    factor: float = measure_runner_calibration().factor
+    cold_budget: float = test_case.expected_cold_max_wall_seconds * factor
+    warm_budget: float = test_case.expected_warm_max_wall_seconds * factor
+    edit_budget: float = test_case.expected_edit_max_wall_seconds * factor
+    project_config_edit_budget: float = (
+        test_case.expected_project_config_edit_max_wall_seconds * factor
+    )
+    print(
+        f"fresh-process cache models={test_case.model_count} cold_budget={cold_budget:.2f}s "
+        f"warm_budget={warm_budget:.2f}s edit_budget={edit_budget:.2f}s "
+        f"project_config_edit_budget={project_config_edit_budget:.2f}s",
+        flush=True,
+    )
     result: FreshProcessCompileCacheBenchmarkResult = run_fresh_process_compile_cache_benchmark(
         project_dir=tmp_path / f"semantic_cache_{test_case.model_count}",
         model_count=test_case.model_count,
@@ -209,12 +225,10 @@ def test_given_semantic_project_when_compiling_across_processes_then_cache_is_in
         macro_count=test_case.macro_count,
         test_count=test_case.test_count,
         audit_count=test_case.audit_count,
-        expected_cold_max_wall_seconds=test_case.expected_cold_max_wall_seconds,
-        expected_warm_max_wall_seconds=test_case.expected_warm_max_wall_seconds,
-        expected_edit_max_wall_seconds=test_case.expected_edit_max_wall_seconds,
-        expected_project_config_edit_max_wall_seconds=(
-            test_case.expected_project_config_edit_max_wall_seconds
-        ),
+        expected_cold_max_wall_seconds=cold_budget,
+        expected_warm_max_wall_seconds=warm_budget,
+        expected_edit_max_wall_seconds=edit_budget,
+        expected_project_config_edit_max_wall_seconds=project_config_edit_budget,
         macro_call_interval=test_case.macro_call_interval,
         scoped_macros=test_case.scoped_macros,
         compiler_only=test_case.compiler_only,
@@ -246,7 +260,7 @@ def test_given_semantic_project_when_compiling_across_processes_then_cache_is_in
         assert_successful_compile_cache_payload(measurement=measurement, test_case=test_case)
         assert measurement.peak_rss_bytes < test_case.expected_max_rss_bytes
 
-    assert result.cold.elapsed_seconds < test_case.expected_cold_max_wall_seconds
+    assert result.cold.elapsed_seconds < cold_budget
     cache_write_wall_ratio: float = (
         result.cold.elapsed_seconds / result.cache_disabled.elapsed_seconds
     )
@@ -265,7 +279,7 @@ def test_given_semantic_project_when_compiling_across_processes_then_cache_is_in
         result.after_macro_edit,
         result.after_project_config_edit,
     ):
-        assert measurement.elapsed_seconds < test_case.expected_warm_max_wall_seconds
+        assert measurement.elapsed_seconds < warm_budget
     for measurement in (result.warm, result.after_leaf_edit, result.after_macro_edit):
         assert (
             measurement.elapsed_seconds / result.cold.elapsed_seconds
@@ -276,15 +290,12 @@ def test_given_semantic_project_when_compiling_across_processes_then_cache_is_in
         <= _MAX_AFTER_PROJECT_REWRITE_TO_COLD_RATIO
     )
     for measurement in (result.leaf_edit, result.macro_edit):
-        assert measurement.elapsed_seconds < test_case.expected_edit_max_wall_seconds
+        assert measurement.elapsed_seconds < edit_budget
         assert (
             measurement.elapsed_seconds / result.cold.elapsed_seconds
             <= test_case.expected_max_edit_to_cold_ratio
         )
-    assert (
-        result.project_config_edit.elapsed_seconds
-        < test_case.expected_project_config_edit_max_wall_seconds
-    )
+    assert result.project_config_edit.elapsed_seconds < project_config_edit_budget
     assert result.cache_bytes < test_case.expected_max_cache_bytes
 
     assert result.cache_disabled.semantic_fingerprint == test_case.expected_cold_fingerprint
diff --git a/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_fresh_process_compile_performance.py b/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_fresh_process_compile_performance.py
index cab25e452..199387d04 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_fresh_process_compile_performance.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/test_fresh_process_compile_performance.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 _MIB: int = 1024 * 1024
 _GIB: int = 1024 * _MIB
 # Temporary allowance for the native parser switch: each wall budget below is its original value
-# times the approved 1.42 fresh cold wall ratio ceiling. Drop the multiplier, back to the original
-# value, when the 1.10x same-runner ratio guards return.
+# times 1.42, the approved fresh cold slowdown of native analysis. Drop the multiplier, back to the
+# original value, when the native analysis cold path is optimised.
 _NATIVE_COLD_WALL_ALLOWANCE: float = 1.42