Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
90
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
90
Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) #5 · Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think unranked
Treat this as a split decision. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) makes more sense if reasoning is the priority; Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think is the better fit if you need the larger 2M context window.
Reasoning
+30.7 difference
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
$5 / $25
$null / $null
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1M
2M
Treat this as a split decision. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) makes more sense if reasoning is the priority; Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think is the better fit if you need the larger 2M context window.
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think finish on the same provisional overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The provisional headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 1M for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive).
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think are tied on the provisional overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 75.8 versus 45.1. Inside this category, ARC-AGI-2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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