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Best LLMs for CAD and hardware design

BenchCAD

Tests rebuilding parts, assemblies and circuit boards from drawings and images, helping you assess AI support for client design and prototyping work. Scores award partial credit, and tool-assisted runs are separate from standard runs; manufacturing still requires validation.

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Official benchmark
BenchCAD results. Each row identifies its benchmark version and evaluation track. Scores from different versions are not directly comparable. Best effort from the latest stored report date per model and version.
Model / creatorVersionReported score
Claude Fable 5.2Anthropic · Proprietary2.1 / Core / with tools83.5%
Claude Fable 5.2Anthropic · Proprietary2.1 / Core / standard75.4%
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic · Proprietary2.1 / Core / with tools65.3%
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic · Proprietary2.1 / Core / standard49%
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic · Proprietary2.1 / Core / with tools44.4%
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic · Proprietary2.1 / Core / standard36.3%
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2.1 / Core / with tools

effort: max · 100 Core cases; five runs; mean partial credit; official scorer. Extra tool-assisted setup has no token/round cap; standard setup has 60 rounds and 500K output tokens. No numeric confidence interval inferred from chart. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
2.1 / Core / with tools

effort: max · 100 Core cases; five runs; mean partial credit; official scorer. Extra tool-assisted setup has no token/round cap; standard setup has 60 rounds and 500K output tokens. No numeric confidence interval inferred from chart. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
2.1 / Core / with tools

effort: max · 100 Core cases; five runs; mean partial credit; official scorer. Extra tool-assisted setup has no token/round cap; standard setup has 60 rounds and 500K output tokens. No numeric confidence interval inferred from chart. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
2.1 / Core / standard

effort: max · 100 Core cases; five runs; mean partial credit; official scorer. Extra tool-assisted setup has no token/round cap; standard setup has 60 rounds and 500K output tokens. No numeric confidence interval inferred from chart. · No tools

Anthropic ↗
2.1 / Core / standard

effort: max · 100 Core cases; five runs; mean partial credit; official scorer. Extra tool-assisted setup has no token/round cap; standard setup has 60 rounds and 500K output tokens. No numeric confidence interval inferred from chart. · No tools

Anthropic ↗
2.1 / Core / standard

effort: max · 100 Core cases; five runs; mean partial credit; official scorer. Extra tool-assisted setup has no token/round cap; standard setup has 60 rounds and 500K output tokens. No numeric confidence interval inferred from chart. · No tools

Anthropic ↗