Model comparison
Claude Opus 4.8 vs Sarvam 105B
Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.8 #5 (Supported); Sarvam 105B #157 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.8 and Sarvam 105B share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 42 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.8; 0 to Sarvam 105B.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 11
- Claude Opus 4.8 only
- 42
- Sarvam 105B only
- 0
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Claude Opus 4.8 and Sarvam 105B is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Claude Opus 4.8 is priced at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Sarvam 105B. Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Sarvam 105B.
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 4.8 | Δ | Sarvam 105B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Claude Opus 4.880.3 | MarginNo overlap | Sarvam 105BNot measured |
| Coding | Claude Opus 4.881.1 | MarginNo overlap | Sarvam 105BNot measured |
| Knowledge | Claude Opus 4.862.7 | MarginNo overlap | Sarvam 105BNot measured |
| Math | Claude Opus 4.853.9 | MarginNo overlap | Sarvam 105BNot measured |
| Multimodal | Claude Opus 4.877.0 | MarginNo overlap | Sarvam 105BNot measured |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.8 | Sarvam 105B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Claude Opus 4.8$5 input / $25 output | Sarvam 105B$0 input / $0 output | Sarvam 105B has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Claude Opus 4.8Not available | Sarvam 105BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Claude Opus 4.8Not available | Sarvam 105BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Claude Opus 4.81M | Sarvam 105B128K | Claude Opus 4.8 lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic21 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Sarvam 105B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 74.6% | — | Not comparable |
| BrowseCompSource | 84.3% | — | Not comparable |
| DeepSearchQASource | 93.1% | — | Not comparable |
| OSWorld-VerifiedSource | 83.4% | — | Not comparable |
| Finance Agent v2Source | 53.9% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 1594 | — | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | 82.2% | — | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | 59.9% | — | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | 72.97% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 47.2% | — | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 94.4% | 46.8% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 54.7% | — | Not comparable |
| ResearchClawBenchSource | 21.1% | — | Not comparable |
| OSWorld 2.0Source | 20.6% | — | Not comparable |
| AA BriefcaseSource | 1347 | — | Not comparable |
| AA AutomationBenchSource | 48.5% | — | Not comparable |
| AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource | 44.0% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Harvey LABSource | 91.1% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Tau3 BankingSource | 27.6% | — | Not comparable |
| terminalBenchHardSource | 58.3% | — | Not comparable |
| aaTerminalBench21Source | 84.6% | — | Not comparable |
Coding10 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Sarvam 105B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | 88.6% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | 69.2% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | 84.4% | — | Not comparable |
| SWE MultimodalSource | 38.4% | — | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 74.6% | — | Not comparable |
| cursorBench31Source | 58.4% | — | Not comparable |
| cursorBench32Source | 62.3% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | 74.3% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 53.5% | 26.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource | 46.5% | — | Not comparable |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge10 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Sarvam 105B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | 93.6% | — | Not comparable |
| GPQA-DSource | 93.6% | — | Not comparable |
| HLESource | 57.9% | — | Not comparable |
| HLE w/o toolsSource | 49.8% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 55.7% | 11.9% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 92.0% | 73.8% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-HLESource | 45.7% | 10.1% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 27.4% | -59.5% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 46.6% | 17.6% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 35.9% | 93.5% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
Math3 benchmarks
Multilingual1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Sarvam 105B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| INCLUDESource | 87.6% | — | Not comparable |
Multimodal5 benchmarks
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | Sarvam 105B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 62.2% | 34.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 leads |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Claude Opus 4.8 and Sarvam 105B on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Claude Opus 4.8 and Sarvam 105B today?
Claude Opus 4.8: $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens Sarvam 105B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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