Part 5/11:
Technical Performance and Benchmarks
From a technical perspective, Claude 3.5 Sonet has shown notable improvements. The model’s performance on coding benchmarks such as SWE Bench Verified soared from 33.4% to 49%, outperforming some prominent models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4 Variant 01 Preview. When tested on Tow Bench, which evaluates how well AI can use tools, Claude improved from 62.6% to 69.2% in the retail domain and from 36.0% to 46.0% in the airline domain—indicating better handling of multi-step tasks like booking flights or managing returns.