# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Inkling

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-inkling
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the higher overall point estimate 67.96 to 52.13. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 59.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 36.2 for Inkling.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE w/o tools in Knowledge, with scores of 46.9% and 30%.
- Inkling 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 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 67.96 | 52.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #24/124)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | 77.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | 74.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| 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 | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 37.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 55.8 (Estimated · #29/149)
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | 77.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 54.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 4.1% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling | 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: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 53.7 (#46/54)
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91% | 82% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 82.1% | 78.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 65.6 (Estimated · #29/181)
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 87.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 87.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE | 54.7% | 46% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | 30% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 33.333% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.878% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

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

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 59.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 36.2 for Inkling.

### 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 cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 24 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 vs Claude Opus 4.7](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-inkling)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Inkling-Small](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-inkling-small)
- [Inkling vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)

## Explore More

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