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Claude Mythos 5 vs SWE-1.7

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

83.93/100
No comparison
Cognition
N/A
1 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Mythos 5 #1 (Supported); SWE-1.7 unranked (Not scored). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Mythos 5 and SWE-1.7 share 2 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 13 results are unique to Claude Mythos 5; 2 to SWE-1.7.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
2
Claude Mythos 5 only
13
SWE-1.7 only
2
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Treat this as a split decision. Claude Mythos 5 makes more sense if agentic is the priority or you need the larger 1M+ context window; SWE-1.7 is the better fit if its strengths line up with your actual workload.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Mythos 5 and SWE-1.7 finish on the same BenchAlign overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The BenchAlign headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Claude Mythos 5 gives you the larger context window at 1M+, compared with 256K for SWE-1.7.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude Mythos 5 and SWE-1.7
CategoryClaude Mythos 5ΔSWE-1.7
AgenticClaude Mythos 587.0Margin 5.5SWE-1.781.5
CodingClaude Mythos 589.7MarginNo overlapSWE-1.7Not measured
KnowledgeClaude Mythos 568.5MarginNo overlapSWE-1.7Not measured
MathClaude Mythos 597.6MarginNo overlapSWE-1.7Not measured
MultimodalClaude Mythos 593.5MarginNo overlapSWE-1.7Not measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Mythos 5B · SWE-1.7
  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 88%B 81.5%
    Winner: Claude Mythos 5Δ 6.5
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Claude Mythos 5 scored 88%; SWE-1.7 scored 81.5%. Claude Mythos 5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Mythos 5SWE-1.7Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Mythos 5$10 input / $50 outputSWE-1.7Not availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Mythos 5Not availableSWE-1.7Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Mythos 5Not availableSWE-1.7Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Mythos 51M+SWE-1.7256KClaude Mythos 5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticClaude Mythos 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5SWE-1.7Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88%81.5%Claude Mythos 5 leads
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 85%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 88%Not comparable
ExploitGymSource 17.5%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5SWE-1.7Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 95.5%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 80.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 88.0%81.5%Claude Mythos 5 leads
FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource 42.3%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 77.8%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5SWE-1.7Result
GPQASource 94.1%Not comparable
HLESource 64.5%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 59%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5SWE-1.7Result
USAMO 2026Source 97.6%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5SWE-1.7Result
SWE MultilingualSource 92.2%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Mythos 5SWE-1.7Result
SWE-bench MultimodalSource 54.9%Not comparable
CharXivSource 93.5%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 88.9%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Claude Mythos 5 or SWE-1.7?

Claude Mythos 5 and SWE-1.7 are tied on the BenchAlign overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Mythos 5 or SWE-1.7?

Claude Mythos 5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 81.5. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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