Claude 3 SonnetvsClaude 3.5 Haiku
Claude 3 Sonnet | Claude 3.5 Haiku | |
|---|---|---|
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 50% |
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. | — | 40.6% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 40.4% | 41.6%Best |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Oct 22 2024 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
Which is better: Claude 3 Sonnet or Claude 3.5 Haiku?
Claude 3.5 Haiku leads Claude 3 Sonnet on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (GPQA Diamond). Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 232 days before Claude 3.5 Haiku, 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.
On GPQA Diamond, Claude 3.5 Haiku leads at 41.6% vs Claude 3 Sonnet at 40.4%.
Frequently asked questions
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
Claude 3.5 Haiku was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
Claude 3.5 Haiku leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Sonnet 40.4% vs Claude 3.5 Haiku 41.6%.
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