# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Kimi K2.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Kimi K2.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-kimi-2-6
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.6 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 59.17.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 59.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 43.8 for Kimi K2.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 77.3% and 55.9%.
- Kimi K2.6 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) | Kimi K2.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 68.46 | 59.17 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 37 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.1 (Supported · #22/117)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.8 (Supported · #50/117)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 66.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | 83.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | 55.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78% | 73.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| CyberGym | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 18.2% | 4.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| JobBench | 45.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 50% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 56.82% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.9 (Estimated · #24/143)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 46.4 (Supported · #49/143)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | 80.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | 58.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 66.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 37.89% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 76.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 53.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K2.6 | 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: 50.1 (#39/50)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 64.9 (#27/50)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91% | 80.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 80.1% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #29/169)
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #41/169)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 90.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 90.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE | 54.7% | 34.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71 (#1/7)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K2.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 96.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 38.966% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 14.580% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Kimi K2.6?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Kimi K2.6?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 59.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 43.8 for Kimi K2.6.

### 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 Kimi K2.6 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.6 currently has 37 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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