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Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.7 vs Qwen3.5 397B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 15 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

71.63/100
Margin
14.9pts
← winning
56.73/100
0 category wins1 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.7 unranked; Qwen3.5 397B #20

BenchAlign evidence: Claude Opus 4.7 supported; Qwen3.5 397B estimated. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.7 and Qwen3.5 397B share 15 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 7 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.7; 41 to Qwen3.5 397B.

Updated July 15, 2026
Shared results
15
Claude Opus 4.7 only
7
Qwen3.5 397B only
41
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 397B only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 15 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 1 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 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 69 to 59. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Opus 4.7 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.60 input / $3.60 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.5 397B. That is roughly 6.9x on output cost alone. Claude Opus 4.7 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Qwen3.5 397B.

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 Qwen3.5 397B
CategoryClaude Opus 4.7ΔQwen3.5 397B
MathClaude Opus 4.738.6Margin 52.0Qwen3.5 397B90.6
AgenticClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5 397B56.5
CodingClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5 397B66.5
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5 397B63.2
KnowledgeClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5 397B56.9
MultilingualClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5 397B84.7
MultimodalClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5 397B79.6
Inst. FollowingClaude Opus 4.7Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.5 397B92.6

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 4.7$5 input / $25 outputQwen3.5 397B$0.6 input / $3.6 outputQwen3.5 397B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 4.7Not availableQwen3.5 397B96 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 4.7Not availableQwen3.5 397B2.44 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 4.71MQwen3.5 397B128KClaude Opus 4.7 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 74%95.6%Qwen3.5 397B leads
Gert LabsSource 65.59%46.76%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
ResearchClawBenchSource 20.7%14.2%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
OSWorld 2.0Source 13.9%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 52.5%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 62%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 56.8%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 51.8%Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 68.4%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource 43.7%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 37.6%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 36.3%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 46.1%Not comparable
MCP-TasksSource 74.2%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 74.0%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 19.9%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 15.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 23.1%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 962Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BResult
Vibe Code BenchSource 71.00%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 82.8%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 54.5%40.9%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 50.1%42.0%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
FrontierCodeSource 38.5%Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 76.2%Not comparable
LiveCodeBench v6Source 83.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 50.9%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 48.2%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BResult
AA-LCRSource 67.0%65.7%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
CritPtSource 5.1%1.7%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
LongBench v2Source 63.2%Not comparable
AI-NeedleSource 68.7%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 42.7%33.7%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 88.5%89.3%Qwen3.5 397B leads
AA-HLESource 31.2%27.3%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 14.2%-29.8%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 43.5%31.4%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 51.9%89.1%Claude Opus 4.7 leads
GPQASource 88.4%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 70.4%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 87.8%Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource 94.9%Not comparable
C-EvalSource 93%Not comparable
HLESource 28.7%Not comparable
MathQwen3.5 397B wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 43.793%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 22.917%Not comparable
AIME26Source 93.3%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source 94.8%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 92.7%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 87.9%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 80.9%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BResult
MMLU-ProXSource 84.7%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source 59.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 76.4%77.3%Qwen3.5 397B leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1328Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource 79%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 88.6%Not comparable
CharXivSource 80.8%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource 84.7%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource 65.6%Not comparable
V*Source 95.8%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Qwen3.5 397BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 43.6%78.8%Qwen3.5 397B leads
IFEvalSource 92.6%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3.5 397B?

Claude Opus 4.7 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 69 to 59.

Which is better for math, Claude Opus 4.7 or Qwen3.5 397B?

Qwen3.5 397B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.6 versus 38.6. Claude Opus 4.7 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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Last updated: July 15, 2026

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