# Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs Kimi K3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Kimi K3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-kimi-k3
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Kimi K3 leads overall 74.43 to 69.31.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 50.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 89.4 for Kimi K3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OfficeQA Pro in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 43.6% and 63.3%.
- Kimi K3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K3 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Moonshot AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Overall Score | 69.31 | 74.43 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 44 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $3.00 / $15.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Kimi K3
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #22/154)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 72 (Supported · #4/154)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | 88.3% | Kimi K3 |
| BrowseComp | 79.3% | 91.2% | Kimi K3 |
| MCP Atlas | 77.3% | 84.2% | Kimi K3 |
| 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% | 52.9% | Kimi K3 |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 95.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.6% | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |
| DECK-Bench | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.9% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 18% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 57.9 (Estimated · #31/154)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 67.7 (Supported · #6/154)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 67.5% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 42% | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | Coming soon | 36.6% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 50.1 (#36/48)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 89.4 (#1/48)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 43.6% | 63.3% | Kimi K3 |
| CharXiv | 91% | 91.3% | Kimi K3 |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 82.1% | 84.8% | Kimi K3 |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 23.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswer | Coming soon | 51.0% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 58.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 49.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 78.5 (#3/20)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K3 | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 61.2 (Estimated · #33/184)
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 71.9 (Supported · #8/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | 93.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | 93.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| HLE | 54.7% | 56% | Kimi K3 |
| HLE w/o tools | 46.9% | 43.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Kimi K3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and Kimi K3?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 50.1 for Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and 89.4 for Kimi K3.

### 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 K3 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3 currently has 44 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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