Glossary · AI
What is
Benchmarks?
Standardized evaluation suites for comparing AI models on common tasks.
By Anish· Founder · Vedwix
·Definition
Benchmarks like MMLU (broad knowledge), HumanEval (code), GSM8K (math), and SWE-bench (real software engineering) let teams compare models. They're imperfect — public benchmarks leak into training data — but useful as a starting filter. For production, benchmarks should always be supplemented with task-specific evals.
Example
A new model claims 90% on HumanEval, but your task-specific eval shows it underperforms an older model on your domain.
How Vedwix uses Benchmarks in client work
We use benchmarks for initial filtering only. Domain-specific evals are what drive model selection.
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