# Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking vs Claude 4 Opus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking and Claude 4 Opus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-3-7-sonnet-thinking-vs-claude-4-opus
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking and Claude 4 Opus share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking | Claude 4 Opus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking | Claude 4 Opus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking | Claude 4 Opus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 75.0% | 73.7% | Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking | Claude 4 Opus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.2% | 74.9% | Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking |
| MMMLU | 86.1% | 87.4% | Claude 4 Opus |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking | Claude 4 Opus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 93.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude 4 Opus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking | Claude 4 Opus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 96.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | 61.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 33.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking and Claude 4 Opus?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking vs Claude 3.7 Sonnet](/compare/claude-3-7-sonnet-vs-claude-3-7-sonnet-thinking)
- [Claude 4 Opus vs Claude 3.7 Sonnet](/compare/claude-3-7-sonnet-vs-claude-4-opus)
- [Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking vs Claude 4 Opus Thinking](/compare/claude-3-7-sonnet-thinking-vs-claude-4-opus-thinking)
- [Claude 4 Opus vs Claude 4 Opus Thinking](/compare/claude-4-opus-vs-claude-4-opus-thinking)

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- [Claude 3.7 Sonnet Thinking profile](/models/claude-3-7-sonnet-thinking)
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