Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Claude Instant
Claude 2 has enough public results to be ranked (#346); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Claude Instant in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 51.9% for Claude 2 and 45.8% for Claude Instant.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Claude Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 29.5 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2023-08-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Claude Instant: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Claude Instant |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | 50.6% |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Claude Instant: 19.6
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Claude Instant |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 45.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 120.28 |
Math Not comparable
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Claude Instant: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Claude Instant |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 86.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Claude Instant: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Claude Instant |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 78.5% | 73.4% |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | 78.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 86.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Claude Instant?
Claude 2 has enough public results to be ranked (#346); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Claude Instant share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Claude Instant has 7.