# Claude Opus 4.8 vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.8 and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-8-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 15
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.8 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.7 Max only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.8 leads overall 69.12 to 62.63.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 61.6 for Claude Opus 4.8 and 39.3 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 88.6% and 68.8%.
- Qwen3.7 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.12 | 62.63 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 40 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 61.6 (Supported · #20/123)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #65/123)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 21.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 93.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 53.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 82.2% | 76.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Toolathlon | 59.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 72.97% | 64.27% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| ResearchClawBench | 21.1% | 18.7% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.9% | 61.0% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 64.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #19/146)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 44.8 (Supported · #52/146)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 88.6% | 80.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 69.2% | 60.6% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE Multilingual | 84.4% | 78.3% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE Multimodal | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 46.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.8% | 87.1% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 88.6% | 68.8% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 32.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 62.9 (#24/28)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 82.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 1.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 92.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 91.2 (#5/54)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 66.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 70.7 (Supported · #14/177)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #42/177)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.6% | 92.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| GPQA-D | 93.6% | 92.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| HLE | 57.9% | 41.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| HLE w/o tools | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.4% | 90.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.6% | 89.3% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/17)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | 87.6% | 86.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 75.4 (#61/127)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 92.8 (#16/127)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 65.7 (#2/7)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 82.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.241% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 31.250% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.8 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Claude Opus 4.8 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.8 and Qwen3.7 Max?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 61.6 for Claude Opus 4.8 and 39.3 for Qwen3.7 Max.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.8 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.8 currently has 40 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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