Synonyms of benchmarks

benchmarks

noun

plural of benchmark

as in standards

something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared

this prize-winning biography will be the benchmark against which all others will be judged in future years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• standards
• criteria
• metrics
• measures
• yardsticks
• barometers
• examples
• grades
• touchstones
• norms
• rules
• pars
• instances
• gold standards
• bars
• averages
• marks
• pinnacles
• cases
• summits
• peaks
• meridians
• zeniths
• apexes
• acmes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deviations
• abnormalities
• aberrations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of benchmarks

Both benchmarks are now at their highest prices since June 15, and today marks Brent’s largest single-day jump since May 2020. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 13 July 2026

Both benchmarks fell to around $70 in early August, after peaking at more than $110 in late March and early April. — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 13 July 2026

The model was trained on 150 million samples and achieved leading results across 12 of 16 depth completion benchmarks, demonstrating stronger accuracy and reliability in real-world perception tasks. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

The announcement came with all the usual comparisons to the big foundation models against benchmarks that provide some vague sense of capability. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 10 July 2026

Some of the benchmarks for measuring the region’s success won’t be available until after the tournament, but to Hunt and Illig, Kansas City delivered. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

The flagship Sol model nearly matches Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 on the AI Index but costs one-third less, also leading in coding benchmarks. — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

The current approach to AI mirrors the haphazard medical standards of the early 20th century, Bressman says, before medical schools, medical boards and other authorities agreed on national benchmarks for training and licensing. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

Semiconductors fell for a second day in a row, weighing on the latter two benchmarks. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 July 2026