# Claude Opus 4.6 vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-reflection-beam-fp8
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 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

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 leads overall 71 to 62.38.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 52.4 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 89.8 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 53.4% and 65.9%.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Reflection AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 62.38 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 36 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 45.7 (Supported · #57/128)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | 76.7% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 62.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | 79.6% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 51.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 46.1 (Supported · #52/150)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | 80.2% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | 65.9% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 43.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 71.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 85.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 17.4% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 74.5 (#25/54)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.9 (Estimated · #52/184)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | 90.3% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | 36% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 52.4 (#87/148)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 89.8 (#28/148)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 80.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 69.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 65.965% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 26.829% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 98.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.6 or Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.6 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 52.4 for Claude Opus 4.6 and 89.8 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8.

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

Claude Opus 4.6 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Claude Opus 4.6 vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-reflection-beam)
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