Claude 3 SonnetvsClaude 3.5 Sonnet
Claude 3 Sonnet | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | |
|---|---|---|
| Benchmarks | ||
GPQA DiamondScience — Graduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 40.4% | 59.4% |
| BenchmarksPublished by one model only | ||
BullshitBench v2Nonsense detection — Given 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. | — | 45% |
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real 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. | — | 33.4% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Release date | Mar 4 2024 | Jun 20 2024 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads Claude 3 Sonnet on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (GPQA Diamond). Claude 3 Sonnet shipped 108 days before Claude 3.5 Sonnet, 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 Sonnet leads at 59.4% vs Claude 3 Sonnet at 40.4%.
Claude 3 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads on GPQA Diamond — Claude 3 Sonnet 40.4% vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet 59.4%.