Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Decision Recommendation
⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Claude Opus 4.7 is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 64.3% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Claude Sonnet 4.6 is 1.7x cheaper to run and delivers 1.1x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Claude Sonnet 4.6 offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Claude Opus 4.7 fully justifies the cost.
Claude Opus 4.7
Benchmarks & Scores
Cost & Performance
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Benchmarks & Scores
Cost & Performance
Frequently Asked Questions
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has a blended cost of $6.00/1M tokens, which is about 1.7x cheaper than Claude Opus 4.7 at $10.00/1M tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster than Claude Opus 4.7. Claude Sonnet 4.6 generates 54.3 tokens per second (tps) compared to Claude Opus 4.7 which generates 48.1 tokens per second.
Claude Opus 4.7 is better for coding tasks. It scores 64.3% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Claude Sonnet 4.6 which scores N/A.
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