# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-deepseek-v4-1-flash
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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 69.1 to 55.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 54.7% and 36.8%.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.1 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #24/152)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 73.1% | 88.1% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 45.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 31.20% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 15.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 63.9% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 54.8% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 31.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 58.2 (Estimated · #30/151)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | Coming soon | 3471.0 | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 20.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.3 (#36/48)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 49.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61.3 (Estimated · #33/182)
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 90.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 90.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE | 54.7% | 36.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

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

### 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 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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