Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)
Head-to-head evidence from 25 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) #27 (Estimated); DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) #81 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) and DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) share 25 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 13 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive); 13 to DeepSeek V4 Pro (High).
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 25
- Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) only
- 13
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) only
- 13
- Comparable categories
- 3 / 8
Pick Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 25 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 66.27 to 55.47. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 78.6 against 69.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 54.7% to 34.5%.
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.43 input / $0.87 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek V4 Pro (High). That is roughly 28.7x on output cost alone.
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 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | Δ | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)78.6 | Margin← 8.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)69.8 |
| Agentic | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)75.1 | Margin← 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)70.6 |
| Knowledge | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)60.0 | Margin← 3.0 | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)57.0 |
| Reasoning | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)75.8 | MarginNo overlap | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Not measured |
| Math | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)94.0 |
| Multimodal | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)65.1 | MarginNo overlap | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Not measured |
Decisive benchmark drivers
The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.
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HLE
KnowledgeA 54.7%B 34.5%Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Δ 20.2HLE: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 54.7%; DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) scored 34.5%. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
SWE-bench Pro
CodingA 64.3%B 54.4%Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Δ 9.9SWE-bench Pro: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 64.3%; DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) scored 54.4%. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
SWE-bench Verified
CodingA 87.6%B 79.4%Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Δ 8.2SWE-bench Verified: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 87.6%; DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) scored 79.4%. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
Terminal-Bench 2.0
AgenticA 69.4%B 63.3%Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Δ 6.1Terminal-Bench 2.0: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 69.4%; DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) scored 63.3%. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
GPQA
KnowledgeA 94.2%B 89.1%Winner: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Δ 5.1GPQA: Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) scored 94.2%; DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) scored 89.1%. Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins this benchmark.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)$5 input / $25 output | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)$0.435 input / $0.87 output | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not available | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Not available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)Not available | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)Not available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)1M | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)1M | Listed context windows are equal. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
AgenticClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins14 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 69.4% | 63.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| BrowseCompSource | 79.3% | 80.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads |
| MCP AtlasSource | 77.3% | 74.2% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| OSWorld-VerifiedSource | 78% | — | Not comparable |
| CyberGymSource | 73.1% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 44.4% | 34.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 88.6% | 94.2% | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 49.8% | 39.9% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 1495 | 1299 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| OSWorld 2.0Source | 18.2% | — | Not comparable |
| JobBenchSource | 45.9% | — | Not comparable |
| AA ITBenchSource | 46.7% | — | Not comparable |
| HLE w/ toolsSource | — | 44.7% | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | — | 49% | Not comparable |
CodingClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins7 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | 87.6% | 79.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| SWE-bench ProSource | 64.3% | 54.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 69.4% | 63.3% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA Coding IndexSource | 73.6% | 58.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 54.5% | 46.4% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| CodeforcesSource | — | 2919.0 | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | — | 74.1% | Not comparable |
Reasoning6 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRCR v2 128K-256KSource | 59.2% | — | Not comparable |
| ARC-AGI-2Source | 75.8% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-LCRSource | 70.3% | 65.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| CritPtSource | 12.0% | 10.0% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| MRCR 1MSource | — | 83.3% | Not comparable |
| CorpusQA 1MSource | — | 56.5% | Not comparable |
KnowledgeClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) wins13 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | 94.2% | 89.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| GPQA-DSource | 94.2% | 89.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| HLESource | 54.7% | 34.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| HLE w/o toolsSource | 46.9% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 53.5% | 43.1% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 91.4% | 90.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-HLESource | 39.6% | 33.5% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 26.2% | -9.7% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 45.8% | 41.8% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 36.2% | 88.6% | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) leads |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 87.1% | Not comparable |
| SimpleQASource | — | 46.2% | Not comparable |
| Chinese-SimpleQASource | — | 77.7% | Not comparable |
Math5 benchmarks
Multimodal5 benchmarks
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 58.6% | 71.3% | DeepSeek V4 Pro (High) leads |
Frequently Asked Questions (4)
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)?
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 66.27 to 55.47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 54.7% and 34.5%.
Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)?
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60 versus 57. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for coding, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)?
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.6 versus 69.8. Inside this category, AA Coding Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) or DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)?
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.1 versus 70.6. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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