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Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs DeepSeek-R1

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

66.27/100
Margin
14.6pts
← winning
DeepSeek
51.67/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) #27 (Estimated); DeepSeek-R1 #103 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and DeepSeek-R1 share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 27 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive); 0 to DeepSeek-R1.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
11
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) only
27
DeepSeek-R1 only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and DeepSeek-R1 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 shared benchmark results across 5 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 (Adaptive) is priced at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.55 input / $2.19 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek-R1. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for DeepSeek-R1.

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 DeepSeek-R1
CategoryClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)ΔDeepSeek-R1
AgenticClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)75.1MarginNo overlapDeepSeek-R1Not measured
CodingClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)78.6MarginNo overlapDeepSeek-R1Not measured
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)75.8MarginNo overlapDeepSeek-R1Not measured
KnowledgeClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)60.0MarginNo overlapDeepSeek-R1Not measured
MultimodalClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)65.1MarginNo overlapDeepSeek-R1Not measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)DeepSeek-R1Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)$5 input / $25 outputDeepSeek-R1$0.55 input / $2.19 outputDeepSeek-R1 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not availableDeepSeek-R1Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not availableDeepSeek-R1Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)1MDeepSeek-R1128KClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)DeepSeek-R1Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 69.4%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 79.3%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 77.3%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 78%Not comparable
CyberGymSource 73.1%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 44.4%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 88.6%36.5%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
GDPval-AASource 49.8%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1495Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 18.2%Not comparable
JobBenchSource 45.9%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 46.7%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)DeepSeek-R1Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 87.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 64.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 69.4%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 73.6%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 54.5%40.3%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)DeepSeek-R1Result
MRCR v2 128K-256KSource 59.2%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-2Source 75.8%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 70.3%54.7%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
CritPtSource 12.0%1.4%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)DeepSeek-R1Result
GPQASource 94.2%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 94.2%Not comparable
HLESource 54.7%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 46.9%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.5%20.1%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 91.4%81.3%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-HLESource 39.6%14.9%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 26.2%-27.1%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 45.8%31.0%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 36.2%84.0%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Math
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)DeepSeek-R1Result
FrontierMath (legacy)Source 43.8%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)DeepSeek-R1Result
OfficeQA ProSource 43.6%Not comparable
CharXivSource 91%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 82.1%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 78.8%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1325Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)DeepSeek-R1Result
AA-IFBenchSource 58.6%39.6%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and DeepSeek-R1 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 Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and DeepSeek-R1 today?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive): $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens DeepSeek-R1: $0.55 input / $2.19 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
DeepSeek-R1
API / mo$2,055
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even583M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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