Claude 2 vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded)
Anthropic Claude 2 | Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) | |
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| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Release date | Jul 11 2023 | Oct 22 2024 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 49% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Claude 2 shipped 469 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) | |
Which is better: Claude 2 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded)?
Claude 2 and Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 2 shipped 469 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 2 and Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 2 was released by Anthropic on Jul 11 2023.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
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