# Claude Opus 4.7 vs Grok 4.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.7 and Grok 4.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-grok-4-5
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- 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 64.28 to 63.97. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 53.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 and 57.6 for Grok 4.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is PostTrainBench v1.1 in Coding, with scores of 28.6% and 23.4%.
- Grok 4.5 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 | Grok 4.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 500K |
| Overall Score | 64.28 | 63.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Grok 4.5
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 53.7 (Supported · #40/122)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 57.6 (Supported · #29/122)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Grok 4.5 | 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% | 67.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| ApprenticeBench | 7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 15.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 53% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Grok 4.5
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 56.7 (Supported · #29/146)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #27/146)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Grok 4.5 | 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% | 87.4% | Grok 4.5 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.0% | 86.6% | Grok 4.5 |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 28.6% | 23.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 50.4 (#28/28)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Grok 4.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.3% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 85.67% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 79.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 63.7 (Estimated · #32/174)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 67 (Supported · #19/174)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Grok 4.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 90.2% | 92.9% | Grok 4.5 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.9% | 89.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 60.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Grok 4.5 | 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 Grok 4.5?

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 Grok 4.5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 53.7 for Claude Opus 4.7 and 57.6 for Grok 4.5.

### 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 Grok 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.5 currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Grok 4.5 vs Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-adaptive-vs-grok-4-5)
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