# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-deepseek-v4-flash-0731
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 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 68.56 to 57.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 53.6 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 57 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 54.7% and 34.8%.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 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 Flash 0731 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 68.56 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 42 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.14 / $0.28 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.1 (Supported · #19/105)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 56.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | 73.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | 69% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 73.1% | 76.7% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 45.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 45.1% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 47.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 82.7% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 25.2% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 25.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 67.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.8 (Estimated · #20/135)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | 79% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 52.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 56.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| LiveCodeBench Pass@1-COT | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | Coming soon | 3052.0 | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 82.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 54.2% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |
| DSBench-FullStack | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| DSBench-Hard | Coming soon | 59.6% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 53.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 57 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | 61.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | Coming soon | 78.7% | Coming soon |
| CorpusQA 1M | Coming soon | 60.5% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 89.00% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.1 (#38/50)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 64.1 (Estimated · #27/158)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 88.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 88.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE | 54.7% | 34.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 34.1% | Coming soon |
| Chinese-SimpleQA | Coming soon | 78.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 79.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 94.8% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 33.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 53.6 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 57 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731.

### 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 Flash 0731 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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