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Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.7 vs Grok 4.5

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

71.94/100
Margin
4.8pts
winning →
76.72/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.7 #12 (Supported); Grok 4.5 #7 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.7 and Grok 4.5 share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 10 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.7; 16 to Grok 4.5.

Updated July 18, 2026
Shared results
11
Claude Opus 4.7 only
10
Grok 4.5 only
16
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude Opus 4.7 and Grok 4.5 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 shared benchmark results across 4 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 is priced at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens for Grok 4.5. Claude Opus 4.7 has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 500K for Grok 4.5.

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 and Grok 4.5
CategoryClaude Opus 4.7ΔGrok 4.5
AgenticClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapGrok 4.583.3
CodingClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapGrok 4.564.7
MathClaude Opus 4.738.6MarginNo overlapGrok 4.5Not measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude Opus 4.7Grok 4.5Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 4.7$5 input / $25 outputGrok 4.5$2 input / $6 outputGrok 4.5 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 4.7Not availableGrok 4.5Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 4.7Not availableGrok 4.5Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 4.71MGrok 4.5500KClaude Opus 4.7 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Grok 4.5Result
τ²-bench resultsSource 74%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 65.59%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 20.7%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 13.9%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%Not comparable
deepSweSource 53%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 45.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 51.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1535Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 1323Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 51.4%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 40.8%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 13.3%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 32.6%Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 81.6%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Grok 4.5Result
Vibe Code BenchSource 71.00%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 82.8%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 50.1%54.1%Grok 4.5 leads
FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource 38.5%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 64.7%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 78%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 66.7%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 72.5%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Grok 4.5Result
AA-LCRSource 67.0%67.7%Grok 4.5 leads
CritPtSource 5.1%15.4%Grok 4.5 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Grok 4.5Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 42.7%53.8%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 88.5%93.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-HLESource 31.2%40.3%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 14.2%26.4%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 43.5%52.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 51.9%53.5%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
Math
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Grok 4.5Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 43.793%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 22.917%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Grok 4.5Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 76.4%80.4%Grok 4.5 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13271328Grok 4.5 leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Grok 4.5Result
AA-IFBenchSource 43.6%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude Opus 4.7 and Grok 4.5 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 and Grok 4.5 today?

Claude Opus 4.7: $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens Grok 4.5: $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 18, 2026

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