Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Sonnet 5
Pricing, benchmarks, and use case comparison
Quick take
- •Claude Opus 4.7 leads on 2 of 2 shared benchmarks, including SWE-bench Verified (87.6% vs ~85.2%), SWE-bench Pro (64.3% vs 63.2%).
- •Claude Sonnet 5 is meaningfully stronger at cost efficiency (85 vs 70).
- •Claude Sonnet 5 is 40% cheaper on input tokens, which compounds fast on high-volume or agentic workloads.
Specs comparison
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Type | Closed source | Closed source |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input / 1M tokens | $5.00 | ✓$3.00 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $15.00 |
| Release date | 2026-04 | 2026-06 |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Claude Sonnet 5 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | ✓87.6% | ~85.2% |
| SWE-bench Pro | ✓64.3% | 63.2% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | - | 80.4% |
| OSWorld-Verified | - | 81.2% |
Scores sourced from official provider release posts and independent benchmark aggregators.
Which should you choose?
Choose Claude Opus 4.7 if...
- →You have a pipeline pinned to Opus 4.7 and need stability
- →Your workload is vision-heavy and benefits from higher-resolution image input
- →You need top-tier coding with 1M context but haven't migrated to 4.8 yet
- →You want documented, broadly available Opus-class behavior
Choose Claude Sonnet 5 if...
- →You want frontier-adjacent agentic coding but need better cost-efficiency than Opus
- →You are running high-volume agent loops and want strong reasoning per dollar
- →You are already on Sonnet 4.6 and want a same-price capability upgrade
- →You need a 1M context window with fast latency