# Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Opus 4.6 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads overall 69.94 to 69.84.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 65.8 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 49.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive).
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 53.4% and 64.3%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.84 | 69.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 33 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $5.00 / $25.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 54.6 (Supported · #39/151)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #21/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | 69.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | 79.3% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | 78% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | 73.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | 45.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 77.3% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 18.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 56.5 (Supported · #40/183)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.6 (Estimated · #27/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | 87.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | 64.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 59.5 (#28/48)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.3 (#36/48)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 91% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 65.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 49.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | Coming soon | 59.2% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 61.8 (Estimated · #33/181)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61.9 (Estimated · #31/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | 94.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | 94.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | 54.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | 46.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 52.3 (#76/120)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath (legacy) | Coming soon | 43.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 65.8 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 49.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive).

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-claude-opus-4-6-thinking)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-thinking-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)
- [Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-claude-opus-4-7)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)

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