AI Agent Performance Benchmark 2026

Feeling like the Agent has gotten slower, but by how much? Without benchmarks, there's no way to quantify it. Running them regularly will tell you whether things have improved or worsened.

💡 What You Will Learn

Feeling like the Agent has gotten slower, but by how much? Without benchmarks, there's no way to quantify it. Running them regularly will tell you whether things have improved or worsened.

import time, statistics

def benchmark(agent, test_cases, iterations=3):
    results = []
    for case in test_cases:
        times = []
        for _ in range(iterations):
            start = time.time()
            agent.run(case['query'])
            times.append(time.time() - start)
        results.append({
            'test': case['name'],
            'avg': statistics.mean(times),
            'p95': sorted(times)[int(len(times)*0.95)]
        })
    return results

Summary