# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-gemini-3-5-flash-lite
- Last updated: September 4, 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. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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 60.5.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 50 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 76.1 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 69.4% and 54%.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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) | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.94 | 60.5 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.30 / $2.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #21/151)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #104/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 54% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78% | 74% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| 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 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.6 (Estimated · #27/183)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #121/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 54.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 54.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 79.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50 (#36/48)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 76.1 (#16/48)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 49.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | 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 |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61.8 (Estimated · #31/181)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #71/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 54.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 50 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 76.1 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.

### 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 Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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