# Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking and Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-5-thinking-vs-claude-opus-4-6-thinking
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking and Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 54.66 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 1 | 1 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 46.9 (Estimated · #42/117)

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 54.2 (Estimated · #33/143)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 20.63% | 53.50% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking public-lane score: 75.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking public-lane score: 70.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking public-lane score: 53.6 (Estimated · #51/169)
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking public-lane score: 68.5 (#66/124)
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking and Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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 Opus 4.5 Thinking vs Claude Opus 4.5](/compare/claude-opus-4-5-vs-claude-opus-4-5-thinking)
- [Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) vs Claude Opus 4.5](/compare/claude-opus-4-5-vs-claude-opus-4-6-thinking)
- [Claude Opus 4.5 Thinking vs Claude Opus 4.6](/compare/claude-opus-4-5-thinking-vs-claude-opus-4-6)
- [Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) vs Claude Opus 4.6](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-claude-opus-4-6-thinking)

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