# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs GLM-5.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and GLM-5.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-glm-5-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.1 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 64.41.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 49.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 69.9 for GLM-5.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 79.3% and 68%.
- GLM-5.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GLM-5.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Z.AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 203K |
| Overall Score | 69.94 | 64.41 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 26 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $1.40 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #21/151)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 50.1 (Estimated · #63/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 63.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | 68% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | 71.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 73.1% | 68.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 45.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 60.11% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.6 (Estimated · #27/183)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #39/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 58.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 31.46% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 52.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.3 (#36/48)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GLM-5.1 | 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)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 69.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GLM-5.1 | 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: 61.9 (Estimated · #31/181)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #59/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 86.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE | 54.7% | 52.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 93.5 (#5/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 64.1 (#3/7)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.0% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 33.448% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 12.500% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or GLM-5.1?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and GLM-5.1?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 49.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 69.9 for GLM-5.1.

### 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 GLM-5.1 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.1 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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