Claude Opus 4.7 — AI Model Review & Pricing
Anthropic's latest Opus model, released April 2026 and (#3 on LMRank). Excels in complex reasoning, code generation, and agentic tasks with a 200K context window. Priced at $15/MTok input, $75/MTok output. Now superseded by Opus 4.8 (May 2026).
Specifications
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Lab | Anthropic |
| Tags | Intelligent Reasoning Agentic Multimodal |
| Release Date | 2026-04 |
| Context Window | 200,000 tokens |
| Input Price / 1M | $15.00 |
| Output Price / 1M | $75.00 |
| Input Modalities | Text |
| Output Modalities | Text |
Strengths
- Top-tier complex reasoning and code generation
- Strong gains on SWE-bench Pro (+10.9%)
- MCP-Atlas improvement of +14.6%
- Supports adaptive-only thinking with 'xhigh' effort
Weaknesses
- Slower output speed (52 t/s)
- High time-to-first-token (18.38s)
- Token inflation from new tokenizer
- Superseded by Opus 4.8 shortly after release
Best For
- Complex reasoning tasks
- Code generation and debugging
- Agentic and autonomous workflows
- Long-context research analysis
In Depth: Claude Opus 4.7
Benchmark Performance
Claude Opus 4.7 , ranking #3 overall. It leads peers in agentic and code benchmarks, though its reign was brief before Opus 4.8 arrived.
Anthropic reports Opus 4.7 improved SWE-bench Pro by +10.9% and MCP-Atlas by +14.6% over Opus 4.6. These are vendor-reported gains. The model also shows strong results on complex reasoning tasks, though independent verification of all claims is pending.
Pricing & Value
Priced at $15.00 per million tokens input and $75.00 per million tokens output a premium tier reflecting its advanced capabilities.
At $15/$75 per MTok, Opus 4.7 costs more per point than top-10 peers like GPT-5 (lower price, comparable score). However, its 200K context window and agentic strengths justify the premium for high-stakes coding and reasoning tasks. Note: LMRank lists slightly different prices than Anthropic's official page.
Who Should Use This
Best for developers needing cutting-edge agentic performance. Also suits researchers tackling long-context reasoning. Not ideal for latency-sensitive applications.
- Agentic engineers: unmatched autonomy, but slow token generation
- Code specialists: strong SWE-bench gains, watch for token inflation
- Deep researchers: 200K context, high cost per call
- Anti-persona: real-time apps needing sub-second responses
Release & Version History
Released April 16, 2026, Claude Opus 4.7 succeeded Opus 4.6 but was itself superseded just six weeks later by Opus 4.8 on May 28, 2026.
Opus 4.7 arrived as Anthropic's most powerful model, offering a 200K context window and new 'xhigh' effort mode. It was available via Anthropic API, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry. Despite strong benchmark gains, Anthropic quickly iterated to Opus 4.8, making 4.7 a short-lived but impactful release in the Opus lineage.