Anthropic Claude · Efficient · 2026-08-13

Claude Sonnet 5 vision benchmark

How Claude Sonnet 5 performed on screenshot-based UI grounding, element-presence, and visible layout-defect tasks relevant to test automation.

Exact API modelanthropic/claude-sonnet-5

Requests were pinned to Anthropic infrastructure through OpenRouter. Fallbacks were disabled for every retained request.

Grounding hit rate21%
Mean box IoU0.043
Presence accuracy100%
Defect accuracy83%

Overall result

Claude Sonnet 5 across all three UI tasks

Claude Sonnet 5 hit 5 of 24 requested UI targets. Its balanced accuracy was 100% for element presence and 83% for layout-defect detection.

This dated pilot retained 24 grounding responses and 24 detection responses. No detection requests failed. Results describe this exact API model and test corpus, not general model quality or a consumer chat product.

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Relative performance

Where Claude Sonnet 5 sits among the tested models

Each scale compares the selected model with the strongest and weakest other model. All three metrics come from the same completed 24-case grounding run; stronger is always to the right.

Box IoUHigher is stronger
0.043
Weakest other
Claude Opus 50.314
Strongest other
GPT-5.6 Luna0.771
SpeedLower latency is stronger
3.91 s
Weakest other
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview11.89 s
Strongest other
Grok 4.51.67 s
CostLower total cost is stronger
$0.0990
Weakest other
Claude Opus 5$0.2474
Strongest other
GPT-5.6 Luna$0.0057
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UI grounding

Can Claude Sonnet 5 locate actionable elements?

Twenty-four targets span six deterministic desktop and mobile screens. A schema-valid point inside the requested target counts as a hit; box IoU measures localization precision.

commerce catalog desktop / clean / grounding / add productInvalid responseMiss0.0005.52 s$0.0054
commerce catalog desktop / clean / grounding / searchInvalid responseMiss0.0004.32 s$0.0054
commerce catalog desktop / clean / grounding / catalog queryPassedMiss0.0003.58 s$0.0054
commerce catalog desktop / clean / grounding / stock filterPassedMiss0.0003.76 s$0.0054
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / grounding / search fieldPassedMiss0.0003.64 s$0.0054
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / grounding / compare togglePassedMiss0.0003.93 s$0.0054
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / grounding / audience tabPassedHit0.1843.71 s$0.0054
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / grounding / revenue cardPassedHit0.3263.35 s$0.0054
iot control desktop / clean / grounding / auto modePassedMiss0.0003.58 s$0.0054
iot control desktop / clean / grounding / devices navPassedHit0.3663.61 s$0.0054
iot control desktop / clean / grounding / pump cardInvalid responseMiss0.0003.69 s$0.0054
iot control desktop / clean / grounding / restart deviceInvalid responseMiss0.0004.20 s$0.0054
banking ios / clean / grounding / transferPassedMiss0.0002.96 s$0.0028
banking ios / clean / grounding / profilePassedMiss0.0003.67 s$0.0028
banking ios / clean / grounding / transaction searchPassedHit0.0734.07 s$0.0028
banking ios / clean / grounding / hide balancePassedMiss0.0003.62 s$0.0028
flight pass ios / clean / grounding / trips tabPassedMiss0.0003.97 s$0.0028
flight pass ios / clean / grounding / boarding passPassedMiss0.0005.43 s$0.0029
flight pass ios / clean / grounding / check inPassedMiss0.0003.63 s$0.0028
flight pass ios / clean / grounding / profile tabPassedMiss0.0004.13 s$0.0028
smart home android / clean / grounding / thermostat cardPassedMiss0.0003.60 s$0.0028
smart home android / clean / grounding / add devicePassedMiss0.0004.27 s$0.0028
smart home android / clean / grounding / morePassedMiss0.0003.98 s$0.0028
smart home android / clean / grounding / room searchPassedHit0.0883.55 s$0.0028

Detection results

Presence and visible layout defects

Separate balanced tasks measure whether the model rejects absent elements and distinguishes clean controls from screenshots containing one seeded layout defect.

Can the model tell when an element is not there?

Six present and six absent target queries per model. This track measures classification only.

Balanced accuracy100%
Present recall100%
Absent specificity100%
Coverage12/12
Expected
commerce catalog desktop / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent6.60 s$0.0043
commerce catalog desktop / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent7.77 s$0.0043
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent9.99 s$0.0043
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent12.36 s$0.0043
iot control desktop / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent10.46 s$0.0043
iot control desktop / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent9.33 s$0.0043
banking ios / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent10.32 s$0.0017
banking ios / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent6.23 s$0.0017
flight pass ios / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent10.02 s$0.0017
flight pass ios / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent10.54 s$0.0017
smart home android / clean / element presence / presentValidCorrectPresentPresent8.79 s$0.0017
smart home android / clean / element presence / absentValidCorrectAbsentAbsent8.85 s$0.0017

Can the model distinguish clean and broken layouts?

Six clean controls and six screenshots with one seeded defect per model. Transport failures remain operational failures, not accuracy answers.

Balanced accuracy83%
Defect recall83%
Clean specificity83%
Coverage12/12
Localization IoU
commerce catalog desktop / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable12.13 s$0.0059
commerce catalog desktop / defect / layout defectValidCorrectCorrect0.22511.34 s$0.0062
analytics dashboard desktop / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable8.67 s$0.0060
analytics dashboard desktop / defect / layout defectValidCorrectCorrect0.12811.24 s$0.0061
iot control desktop / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable9.57 s$0.0059
iot control desktop / defect / layout defectValidCorrectCorrect0.07110.76 s$0.0062
banking ios / clean / layout defectValidIncorrectNot applicable10.25 s$0.0035
banking ios / defect / layout defectValidCorrectCorrect0.00010.58 s$0.0036
flight pass ios / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable10.54 s$0.0030
flight pass ios / defect / layout defectValidCorrectIncorrect0.00010.05 s$0.0035
smart home android / clean / layout defectValidCorrectNot applicable10.28 s$0.0031
smart home android / defect / layout defectInvalidIncorrectIncorrect0.00010.87 s$0.0037

Why this research matters

Using the right kind of vision for each test

Top vision LLMs can reason about complex visual meaning, but they are still too slow and expensive for every test step. This research helps us identify where their semantic capabilities justify that trade-off.

01

Fast local evaluation

Repeato’s own local vision algorithms handle frequent interactions, visual matching, and regression checks with fast feedback, predictable behavior, and no per-request model cost.

02

Semantic reasoning when needed

Top vision LLMs are useful for more complicated questions: understanding meaning, checking dynamic content, describing defects, or evaluating concepts that cannot be captured by a simple visual fingerprint.

03

An evidence-based hybrid

Benchmarking accuracy, latency, reliability, and cost helps us decide which checks should remain local and which benefit enough from an LLM to justify a slower, more expensive evaluation.

Our product strategy

Use Repeato’s local computer vision as the fast foundation, then bring in top vision LLMs selectively for complicated or semantic reasoning where they provide meaningful additional value.

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Test coverage

Six screens, three task types

Every model is evaluated against the same frozen corpus, prompts, response schemas, and normalized 0–1000 geometry.

01

Commerce catalog

Desktop web with a clean control and a paired container clipping defect.

02

Analytics dashboard

Desktop web with a clean control and a paired text overflow defect.

03

IoT control center

Desktop web with a clean control and a paired element overlap defect.

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