# Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Sonnet 4.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-sonnet-4-6
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Claude Opus 4.7 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 has the higher overall point estimate 66.74 to 55.89. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 66.2 for Claude Opus 4.7 and 55.4 for Claude Sonnet 4.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 71.00% and 51.48%.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Opus 4.7 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Overall Score | 66.74 | 55.89 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 28 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $3.00 / $15.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #42/128)
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.3 (Supported · #55/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 65.59% | 62.92% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| ResearchClawBench | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 13.9% | 8.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 68.5% | 57.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| ApprenticeBench | 7% | 2% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.1% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 72.1% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 36.9% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #32/150)
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 44.7 (Supported · #54/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 71.00% | 51.48% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| React Native Evals | 82.8% | 80.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 38.5% | 24.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.1% | 82.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.0% | 77.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 28.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 60.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59.1% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | Coming soon | 48.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 62.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 58.3% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 86.00% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (#45/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 66.2 (Estimated · #30/184)
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #58/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 90.2% | 85.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.9% | 87.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 49% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48 (#99/148)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 72.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 70.175% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 31.707% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 or Claude Sonnet 4.6?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Sonnet 4.6?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 66.2 for Claude Opus 4.7 and 55.4 for Claude Sonnet 4.6.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.7 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.7 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)
- [Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-claude-sonnet-4-6)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-opus-5-5)
- [Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-claude-sonnet-4-6)

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