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Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 20 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

66.27/100
Margin
9.0pts
← winning
57.25/100
2 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) #27 (Estimated); Gemini 2.5 Pro #70 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Gemini 2.5 Pro share 20 comparable benchmark results. 2 of 8 categories are comparable. 18 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive); 4 to Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
20
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) only
18
Gemini 2.5 Pro only
4
Comparable categories
2 / 8

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 2.5 Pro only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 20 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 2 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 4.7 (Adaptive) is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 66.27 to 57.25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)'s sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 60 against 27.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 54.7% to 18.8%.

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.25 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 2.5 Pro. That is roughly 2.5x on output cost alone. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemini 2.5 Pro is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use.

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 Gemini 2.5 Pro
CategoryClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)ΔGemini 2.5 Pro
KnowledgeClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)60.0Margin 32.6Gemini 2.5 Pro27.4
CodingClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)78.6Margin 14.8Gemini 2.5 Pro63.8
AgenticClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)75.1MarginNo overlapGemini 2.5 ProNot measured
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)75.8MarginNo overlapGemini 2.5 ProNot measured
MathClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not measuredMarginNo overlapGemini 2.5 Pro11.6
MultimodalClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)65.1MarginNo overlapGemini 2.5 ProNot measured

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 · Gemini 2.5 Pro
  1. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 54.7%B 18.8%
    Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Δ 35.9
    HLE: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 54.7%; Gemini 2.5 Pro scored 18.8%. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins this benchmark.
  2. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 87.6%B 63.8%
    Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Δ 23.8
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 87.6%; Gemini 2.5 Pro scored 63.8%. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins this benchmark.
  3. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 94.2%B 83%
    Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Δ 11.2
    GPQA: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 94.2%; Gemini 2.5 Pro scored 83%. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) 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)Gemini 2.5 ProComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)$5 input / $25 outputGemini 2.5 Pro$1.25 input / $10 outputGemini 2.5 Pro has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not availableGemini 2.5 Pro117 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not availableGemini 2.5 Pro21.19 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)1MGemini 2.5 Pro1MListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Gemini 2.5 ProResult
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%7.1%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 88.6%54.1%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
GDPval-AASource 49.8%8.3%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
GDPval-AASource 1495665Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
OSWorld 2.0Source 18.2%Not comparable
JobBenchSource 45.9%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 46.7%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 42.01%Not comparable
CodingClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Gemini 2.5 ProResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 87.6%63.8%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
SWE-bench ProSource 64.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 69.4%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 73.6%33.3%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-SciCodeSource 54.5%42.8%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Vibe Code BenchSource 0.40%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Gemini 2.5 ProResult
MRCR v2 128K-256KSource 59.2%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-2Source 75.8%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 70.3%66.0%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
CritPtSource 12.0%2.6%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
KnowledgeClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Gemini 2.5 ProResult
GPQASource 94.2%83%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
GPQA-DSource 94.2%Not comparable
HLESource 54.7%18.8%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
HLE w/o toolsSource 46.9%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.5%25.8%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 91.4%84.4%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-HLESource 39.6%21.1%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 26.2%-14.3%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 45.8%39.0%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 36.2%87.4%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Math
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Gemini 2.5 ProResult
FrontierMath (legacy)Source 43.8%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 14.138%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 4.167%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Gemini 2.5 ProResult
OfficeQA ProSource 43.6%Not comparable
CharXivSource 91%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 82.1%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 78.8%74.9%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13251197Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Gemini 2.5 ProResult
AA-IFBenchSource 58.6%48.7%Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 66.27 to 57.25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 54.7% and 18.8%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60 versus 27.4. 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.6 versus 63.8. Inside this category, AA Coding Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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