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Claude Opus 4.7 vs GPT-5

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.7
OpenAI
GPT-5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicOpenAI
Release dateApr 16 2026Aug 7 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
94.2%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
87.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGPT-5 shipped 252 days before Claude Opus 4.7

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.7 or GPT-5?

Claude Opus 4.7 leads GPT-5 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). GPT-5 shipped 252 days before Claude Opus 4.7, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Opus 4.7 released?
Claude Opus 4.7 was released by Anthropic on Apr 16 2026.
When was GPT-5 released?
GPT-5 was released by OpenAI on Aug 7 2025.

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