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Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking vs Claude Opus 4.7

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 10 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

36.57/100
Margin
35.1pts
winning →
71.63/100
0 category wins0 category wins

BenchAlign evidence: Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking supported; Claude Opus 4.7 supported. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and Claude Opus 4.7 share 10 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking; 12 to Claude Opus 4.7.

Updated July 15, 2026
Shared results
10
Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking only
0
Claude Opus 4.7 only
12
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and Claude Opus 4.7 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 10 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Claude Opus 4.7 has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and Claude Opus 4.7
CategoryClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingΔClaude Opus 4.7
MathClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingNot measuredMarginNo overlapClaude Opus 4.738.6

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingClaude Opus 4.7Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingNot availableClaude Opus 4.7$5 input / $25 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 4.1 Opus Thinking29 tok/sClaude Opus 4.7Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 4.1 Opus Thinking15.00 sClaude Opus 4.7Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 4.1 Opus Thinking200KClaude Opus 4.71MClaude Opus 4.7 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingClaude Opus 4.7Result
τ²-bench resultsSource 71.4%74%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Gert LabsSource 65.59%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 20.7%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 13.9%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingClaude Opus 4.7Result
Terminal-Bench HardSource 34.3%54.5%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 40.9%50.1%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Vibe Code BenchSource 71.00%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 82.8%Not comparable
FrontierCodeSource 38.5%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingClaude Opus 4.7Result
AA-LCRSource 66.3%67.0%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
CritPtSource 0.0%5.1%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingClaude Opus 4.7Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 33.7%42.7%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 80.9%88.5%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-HLESource 11.9%31.2%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 14.2%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 43.5%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 51.9%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingClaude Opus 4.7Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 43.793%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 22.917%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingClaude Opus 4.7Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 67.9%76.4%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1328Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 4.1 Opus ThinkingClaude Opus 4.7Result
AA-IFBenchSource 55.4%43.6%Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and Claude Opus 4.7 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking and Claude Opus 4.7 today?

Claude 4.1 Opus Thinking: Pricing unavailable Claude Opus 4.7: $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 15, 2026

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