# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Granite 4.2 8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Granite 4.2 8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-granite-4-2-8b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Granite 4.2 8B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Granite 4.2 8B has the lower published output-token price.
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | IBM |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 69.06 | 33.4 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.5 (Supported · #28/127)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Granite 4.2 8B | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 45.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 20.6% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 55.6 (Estimated · #31/150)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | 47.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 19.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 20.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Granite 4.2 8B | 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 53.7 (#46/54)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Granite 4.2 8B | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 66.3 (Estimated · #29/184)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 64.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| 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 |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 74.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Granite 4.2 8B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)
- [Granite 4.2 8B vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-granite-4-2-8b)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Granite 4.2 30B](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-granite-4-2-30b)
- [Granite 4.2 8B vs Granite 4.2 30B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-8b)

## Explore More

- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) profile](/models/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)
- [Granite 4.2 8B profile](/models/granite-4-2-8b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)