Coding
Like-for-like- Claude Opus 4.7
- 62.7
- Supported · #15/183
- GPT-4.1
- 38.8
- Supported · #143/183
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 5 vs 1 public rows
- Reading
- Claude Opus 4.7 leads
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Decision reading
Claude Opus 4.7 has the higher public score, 70.22 versus 43.81, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
3 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
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Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 leads on the public coding lane, 62.7 to 38.8, with Supported evidence for both models and non-overlapping 90% intervals.
Confidence: stronger
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4.1
GPT-4.1 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
GPT-4.1
GPT-4.1 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Claude Opus 4.7 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. GPT-4.1 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Confidence: rate-fallback
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
GPT-4.1
GPT-4.1 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
GPT-4.1 is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.
Confidence: limited
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
No clear pick
The documented context windows are equal.
Confidence: documented
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
1 category rests on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.7 | GPT-4.1 | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 62.7Supported · #15/183 | 38.8Supported · #143/183 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign lane · 5 vs 1 public rows | Claude Opus 4.7 leads |
| Knowledge | 64.9Estimated · #26/181 | 40.7Supported · #135/181 | Directional onlyBenchAlign lane · 2 vs 2 public rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | 58.5Supported · #32/151 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign lane · 4 vs 1 public rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | Not ranked | 67.2Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 60.8Unranked · 2 rankable rows | 28.1Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not ranked | 50.2Unranked · 1 rankable row | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not ranked | 50.3#80/120 | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)
Math
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)
Math
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4.1 has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
GPT-4.1 has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
GPT-4.1 has the lower modeled cost
Claude Opus 4.7 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. GPT-4.1 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Claude Opus 4.7
GPT-4.1
1M
Claude Opus 4.7
claude-opus-4-7
Anthropic model ID documentationGPT-4.1
Not sourced
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Claude Opus 4.7
Not published
GPT-4.1
Not published
Claude Opus 4.7
text, image
Anthropic model overviewGPT-4.1
Not sourced
Claude Opus 4.7
GPT-4.1
Not sourced
Claude Opus 4.7
Generally Available · Claude API
Anthropic model overviewGPT-4.1
Not sourced
Claude Opus 4.7
Non-Reasoning
GPT-4.1
Non-Reasoning
Claude Opus 4.7
Proprietary
GPT-4.1
Proprietary
Claude Opus 4.7
Proprietary
GPT-4.1
Proprietary
Claude Opus 4.7
2026-04-16
GPT-4.1
2025-04-14
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Gert Labs
Shared sourceClaude Opus 4.7 leads this result
ResearchClawBench
Not directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)
Not directly comparable
Vibe Code Bench
Not directly comparable
React Native Evals
Not directly comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 Main
Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench (Vals)
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench (Vals)
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Verified
Not directly comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)
Shared sourceClaude Opus 4.7 leads this result
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)
Shared sourceClaude Opus 4.7 leads this result
IFEval
Not directly comparable
Claude Opus 4.7 has the higher public score, 70.22 versus 43.81, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. That is the clearest overall quality signal in the current public data.
Claude Opus 4.7 leads the public coding lane, 62.7 to 38.8, with Supported evidence for both models and non-overlapping 90% intervals.
GPT-4.1 is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.
For the stated presets, chat costs $0.0175 on Claude Opus 4.7 and $0.006 on GPT-4.1; repository review costs $0.325 and $0.124; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $1.35 and $0.52. Claude Opus 4.7 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. GPT-4.1 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Both models list the same context window, 1M.
Last updated September 4, 2026
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