Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6: Premium or Mid-Tier?

Claude Opus 4.7Claude Sonnet 4.6
arenaElo14201358
humanEval93.189
sweBench64.360
mmlu92.388.7
gpqa65.259.4
aime8880
Price in/out ($/M)$15 / $75$3 / $15

Our verdict

Opus 4.7 outscores Sonnet 4.6 on every benchmark and offers 5× the context, but costs 5× more per token. For most production chat and coding, Sonnet 4.6 is the sweet spot. Reserve Opus 4.7 for long-context agents, legal analysis and workloads where quality pays for itself.

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