# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Inkling-Small

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling-Small 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 69.1 to 59.25.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 57.4 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 36.9 for Inkling-Small.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2 in Reasoning, with scores of 75.8% and 40.1%.
- Inkling-Small 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) | Inkling-Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.1 | 59.25 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.58 / $1.44 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.4 (Supported · #31/152)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.9 (Supported · #128/152)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 64.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | 77.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | 79.6% | Inkling-Small |
| 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 |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.6 (Estimated · #31/151)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 43.8 (Supported · #97/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | 80.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 55.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 64.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.3 (#36/48)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 48.8 (#39/48)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91% | 81.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 82.1% | 77.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 49.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 42.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 75.8% | 40.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 8.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61.1 (Estimated · #33/183)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 56.5 (Supported · #46/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 89.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 89.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE | 54.7% | 47.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | 31.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 89.6 (#25/123)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 76.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Inkling-Small?

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

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

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 57.4 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 36.9 for Inkling-Small.

### 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 Inkling-Small cover on BenchLM?

Inkling-Small currently has 25 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)
- [Inkling-Small vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-inkling-small)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Inkling](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-inkling)
- [Inkling-Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)

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- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) profile](/models/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)
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