# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs GPT-5.4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and GPT-5.4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 15
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 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 68.46 to 68.22.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 50.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 69.3 for GPT-5.4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OfficeQA Pro in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 43.6% and 53.2%.
- GPT-5.4 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.4 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GPT-5.4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Overall Score | 68.46 | 68.22 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $2.50 / $15.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.1 (Supported · #22/117)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 49.5 (Supported · #40/117)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 75.1% | GPT-5.4 |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | 82.7% | GPT-5.4 |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | 70.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78% | 75% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| CyberGym | 73.1% | 79.0% | GPT-5.4 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 45.9% | 38.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 54.6% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 98.9% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 60.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 64.89% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 15.3% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 6.0% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 11% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.9 (Estimated · #24/143)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 49.8 (Supported · #41/143)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 57.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 67.42% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 53.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 60.6 (#21/27)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | 74.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | 0.2% | GPT-5.4 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.1 (#39/50)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.3 (#21/50)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 43.6% | 53.2% | GPT-5.4 |
| CharXiv | 91% | 82.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 61.1% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #29/169)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 66.3 (Supported · #20/169)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 92.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 92.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE | 54.7% | 52.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | 39.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 40.1% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 59.6% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 48.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 89.2 (#19/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 47.600% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 27.100% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or GPT-5.4?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and GPT-5.4?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 50.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 69.3 for GPT-5.4.

### 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 GPT-5.4 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)
- [GPT-5.4 vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-gpt-5-4)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-gpt-5-4-pro)
- [GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-pro)

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