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Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Claude Opus 5

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 24 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

71.63/100
Margin
14.3pts
winning →
Anthropic
85.88/100
0 category wins5 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) #14 (Estimated); Claude Opus 5 #1 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Claude Opus 5 share 24 comparable benchmark results. 5 of 8 categories are comparable. 15 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive); 55 to Claude Opus 5.

Updated July 24, 2026
Shared results
24
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) only
15
Claude Opus 5 only
55
Comparable categories
5 / 8

Pick Claude Opus 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 24 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 5 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Opus 5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 85.88 to 71.63. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Opus 5's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 90.8 against 75.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OfficeQA Pro, 43.6% to 66.9%.

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 Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Claude Opus 5
CategoryClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)ΔClaude Opus 5
AgenticClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)75.1Margin 15.7Claude Opus 590.8
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)75.8Margin 14.6Claude Opus 590.4
CodingClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)78.6Margin 10.9Claude Opus 589.5
KnowledgeClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)60.0Margin 4.7Claude Opus 564.7
MultimodalClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)65.1Margin 1.8Claude Opus 566.9

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)B · Claude Opus 5
  1. OfficeQA Pro

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 43.6%B 66.9%
    Winner: Claude Opus 5Δ 23.3
    OfficeQA Pro: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 43.6%; Claude Opus 5 scored 66.9%. Claude Opus 5 wins this benchmark.
  2. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 64.3%B 79.2%
    Winner: Claude Opus 5Δ 14.9
    SWE-bench Pro: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 64.3%; Claude Opus 5 scored 79.2%. Claude Opus 5 wins this benchmark.
  3. ARC-AGI-2

    Reasoning
    Source ↗
    A 75.8%B 90.4%
    Winner: Claude Opus 5Δ 14.6
    ARC-AGI-2: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 75.8%; Claude Opus 5 scored 90.4%. Claude Opus 5 wins this benchmark.
  4. BrowseComp

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 79.3%B 90.8%
    Winner: Claude Opus 5Δ 11.5
    BrowseComp: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 79.3%; Claude Opus 5 scored 90.8%. Claude Opus 5 wins this benchmark.
  5. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 54.7%B 64.7%
    Winner: Claude Opus 5Δ 10
    HLE: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 54.7%; Claude Opus 5 scored 64.7%. Claude Opus 5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)$5 input / $25 outputClaude Opus 5$5 input / $25 outputListed prices are equal.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not availableClaude Opus 5Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not availableClaude Opus 5Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)1MClaude Opus 5Not availableA complete context comparison is not available.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticClaude Opus 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 69.4%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 79.3%90.8%Claude Opus 5 leads
MCP AtlasSource 77.3%85.8%Claude Opus 5 leads
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 78%Not comparable
CyberGymSource 73.1%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 44.4%55.3%Claude Opus 5 leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 88.6%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 49.7%68.0%Claude Opus 5 leads
GDPval-AASource 14931861Claude Opus 5 leads
OSWorld 2.0Source 18.2%70.6%Claude Opus 5 leads
JobBenchSource 45.9%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 46.7%Not comparable
FrontierBench v0.1Source 43.3%Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 64.7%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 95.0%Not comparable
DRACOSource 88.6%Not comparable
BrowseComp (10-agent, prerelease)Source 93.6%Not comparable
MCP-Atlas claim coverageSource 89.1%Not comparable
LAB all-pass (Anthropic harness)Source 23.58%Not comparable
LAB criterion-pass (Anthropic harness)Source 93.74%Not comparable
LAB all-pass (Harvey held-out)Source 11.7%Not comparable
LAB criterion-pass (Harvey held-out)Source 94.1%Not comparable
Toolathlon-VerifiedSource 80.6%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified Pass@3Source 87.0%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified Pass³Source 73.1%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified avg. turnsSource 23.5 turnsNot comparable
AutomationBenchSource 26.0%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 30.3%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 1720Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 89.1%Not comparable
CodingClaude Opus 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 87.6%96%Claude Opus 5 leads
SWE-bench ProSource 64.3%79.2%Claude Opus 5 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 69.4%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 73.6%78.0%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 54.5%55.7%Claude Opus 5 leads
SWE MultilingualSource 89.5%Not comparable
SWE MultimodalSource 59.4%Not comparable
deepSweSource 68.8%Not comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource 53.4%Not comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 ExtendedSource 63.6%Not comparable
ProgramBench (episode 1)Source 83.0%Not comparable
ProgramBenchSource 93.0%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 70.0%Not comparable
ReasoningClaude Opus 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Result
MRCR v2 128K-256KSource 59.2%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-2Source 75.8%90.4%Claude Opus 5 leads
ARC-AGI-3Source 0.2%30.2%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-LCRSource 70.3%70.0%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
CritPtSource 12.0%29.1%Claude Opus 5 leads
ARC-AGI-1Source 97.50%Not comparable
KnowledgeClaude Opus 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Result
GPQASource 94.2%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 94.2%Not comparable
HLESource 54.7%64.7%Claude Opus 5 leads
HLE w/o toolsSource 46.9%56.3%Claude Opus 5 leads
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.5%60.7%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 91.4%93.2%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-HLESource 39.6%52.6%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 26.2%31.3%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 45.8%54.2%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 36.2%50.1%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
HealthBench (raw)Source 67.1%Not comparable
HealthBench (length-adjusted)Source 57.8%Not comparable
HealthBench ProfessionalSource 59.8%Not comparable
HealthBench Professional (raw)Source 73.4%Not comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-solvable)Source 90.1%Not comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-difficult)Source 49.4%Not comparable
SpatialBench VerifiedSource 72.5%Not comparable
SingleCellBenchSource 60.6%Not comparable
ProteinGym HardSource 47.7%Not comparable
Protein DesignSource 42.5%Not comparable
Organic chemistry V2Source 61.6%Not comparable
Protocols (troubleshooting)Source 61.1%Not comparable
Protocols (understanding)Source 78.4%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Result
FrontierMath (legacy)Source 43.8%Not comparable
IMO 2026Source 42/42Not comparable
RiemannBench (no tools)Source 60.0%Not comparable
RiemannBench (tools)Source 79.0%Not comparable
ArXivMath Jun. 2026 (no tools)Source 90.8%Not comparable
ArXivMath Jun. 2026 (tools)Source 91.3%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Result
GMMLUSource 92.5%Not comparable
MILUSource 92.1%Not comparable
INCLUDESource 89.8%Not comparable
MultimodalClaude Opus 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Result
OfficeQA ProSource 43.6%66.9%Claude Opus 5 leads
CharXivSource 91%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 82.1%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 78.8%84.7%Claude Opus 5 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1325Not comparable
Chartography (no tools)Source 29.6%Not comparable
Chartography (tools)Source 83.0%Not comparable
BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools)Source 0.366Not comparable
BenchCAD Vision2Code (tools)Source 0.821Not comparable
GDP.pdf (no tools)Source 83.4%Not comparable
GDP.pdf (tools)Source 85.5%Not comparable
OfficeQASource 78.1%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Claude Opus 5Result
AA-IFBenchSource 58.6%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (6)

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Claude Opus 5?

Claude Opus 5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 85.88 to 71.63. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OfficeQA Pro, where the scores are 43.6% and 66.9%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Claude Opus 5?

Claude Opus 5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.7 versus 60. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Claude Opus 5?

Claude Opus 5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89.5 versus 78.6. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Claude Opus 5?

Claude Opus 5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 90.4 versus 75.8. Inside this category, ARC-AGI-3 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Claude Opus 5?

Claude Opus 5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 75.1. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Claude Opus 5?

Claude Opus 5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.9 versus 65.1. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 24, 2026