# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Claude Sonnet 5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Claude Sonnet 5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-claude-sonnet-5
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Sonnet 5 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 68.54 to 66.99.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 50.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 78.4 for Claude Sonnet 5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 79.3% and 84.7%.
- Claude Sonnet 5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Claude Sonnet 5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 68.54 | 66.99 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 26 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $2.00 / $10.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Sonnet 5
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61.4 (Supported · #17/117)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 64.6 (Supported · #12/117)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | 84.7% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78% | 81.2% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| CyberGym | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 45.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 14.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 57.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 16% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.2 (Estimated · #23/142)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #19/142)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | 85.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 63.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | Coming soon | 28.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 61.5% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | Coming soon | 34.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 53.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 78.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.1 (#39/50)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 78.4 (#15/50)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91% | 88.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 82.1% | 77% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 64.1 (Estimated · #30/168)
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 64.5 (Supported · #26/168)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 54.7% | 57.4% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | 43.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE-Verified | Coming soon | 31.0% | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Claude Sonnet 5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Claude Sonnet 5?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Claude Sonnet 5?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 50.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 78.4 for Claude Sonnet 5.

### 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.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 5 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Claude Sonnet 5 vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-sonnet-5)
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- [Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-6 Astra](/compare/claude-sonnet-5-vs-gpt-6-astra)

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