Performance of large v. small compositions containing only vector files

Hey all, do the two of these approaches have different impacts on performance in AE?
Situation 1:
A composition is 19,200 x 10,800 pixels in AE (that may be larger than the possible size, but for sake of discussion, it's a large-sized comp).
It contains three complex shape layers that are purely vector imagery, they have some transformations.
Situation 2:
A composition is 192 x 108 pixels in AE
It contains the same three complex shape layers, just smaller in relative scale.
If these two compositions are placed in a standard 1080p composition...
Will the larger composition have a bigger impact on performance due to rasterization of the vectors, or will AE recognize the different vectors and scales and interpret them such that they require the exact same amount of processing power / ram? Are there any caveats here or times when performance is impacted differently? Thanks for the help!

Hey, thanks Todd (fyi, that last reply was from Glixity not me). I tried it by creating a couple of comps:
1. 3000x3000 with shape layer containing 20 point path with bezier curves doing a path animation
2. 300x300 with the same shape layer doing a slightly different animation
Individually, these took very different amounts of time to render. The larger took about ten or more times as long to render. I then put both of these in a standard 1920x1080 comp scaled at 36% and 360% respectively, and when within that secondary comp, they required the same amount of render time. Thanks for the suggestion - that definitely answered my main question. I was wondering if there are any notable times when this changes. I.e. Is this true of shape layers but not true of certain asset types or anything like that? Or are there certain animations that don't speed up when composited within another composition? Thanks again.

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>
swapna wrote:
> Hi Friends,
>
> I had a new requirement.
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>
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>
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> Even using BPM also pls let me know the design.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Swapna.
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