How to say "benchmark" in Japanese

• 基準きじゅんJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe common general word when 'benchmark' means a level or criterion against which things are measured or judged. Fits talk about quality, evaluation, and the standards that products or services are held to.
  あいての基準きじゅんを受け入うけいれるのは、そのあいての力ちからに服従ふくじゅうすることだ。↗

  Accepting the other's norms is submitting to the other's power.
• ベンチマーク
  nounThe direct borrowing, used mainly in technical and business settings: benchmarking a computer's performance, or comparing a company's results against its industry rivals.
• 水準点すいじゅんてん
  nounStrictly the surveying term: a fixed physical marker of known elevation, used as a reference when measuring the heights of other points. Outside surveying it is not how 'benchmark' is said.

For a benchmark meaning a standard or criterion to judge things by, use 基準; for the loanword in computing performance tests or business comparisons, 「ベンチマーク」; 水準点 is only the surveying term for a physical elevation marker.

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• 基準きじゅんstandard
• ベンチマークbenchmark
• 水準点すいじゅんてんbenchmark (surveying)