Adjectives to describe a big human achievement vs. a quick achievement

Premise:

It took 13 years and 3 billion dollars to sequence the first human genome by scientists.

• What would be an adjective to describe this feat?

However, now a new software can do the genome sequence in two hours, thanks to computers.

• What would be an adjective to describe this feat and it in contrast to the above?

Basically, is there a word or phrase to demonstrate such a massive variance in effort and its corresponding achievement.

Solution 1:

Are you looking for a phrase to display the comparison? if so you could use:

What was once considered a ground-breaking feat is now deemed as trivial

What was once an extraordinary accomplishment is now an effortless task