# Claude Opus 4.7 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-gemini-3-5-flash-lite
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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 leads overall 70.22 to 60.5.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 62.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 and 43.6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 68.5% and 50.2%.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 70.22 | 60.5 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 13 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.30 / $2.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #33/151)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #104/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 65.59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 13.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 68.5% | 50.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 54% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.7
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 62.7 (Supported · #15/183)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #121/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 71.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.1% | 79.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.0% | 75.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 54.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 54.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 76.1 (#16/48)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 64.9 (Estimated · #26/181)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #71/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 90.2% | 83.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.9% | 85.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 43.793% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.917% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.7 or Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

Claude Opus 4.7 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.7 and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 62.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 and 43.6 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.

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

Claude Opus 4.7 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-gemini-3-5-flash-lite)

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