Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.7 vs Hy4 preview

Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.4 to 44.6 on the Noometry Index. Hy4 preview costs 8.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic

58.4

Rank #17 Confirmed

Hy4 preview Tencent

44.6

Rank #73 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.7 scores higher in 3 categories and Hy4 preview in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Opus 4.7 leads 53.7 to 30.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 39% for Claude Opus 4.7 and 68.2% for Hy4 preview.
  • Hy4 preview is cheaper at $0.83 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $25 for Claude Opus 4.7.
  • Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • Hy4 preview has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.7 and Hy4 preview specifications
Claude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
ProviderAnthropicTencent
Noometry Index58.444.6
Released2026-04-142026-08-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M1.05M
Max output128K64K
Input $ / M tokens$5$0.83
Output $ / M tokens$25$2.50
Results tracked663

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 59.9 (#10), Hy4 preview: 51.4 (#36)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
LMArena WebDev15571633
SWE-bench Verified83.5%—
FrontierCode38.5%—
SciCode54.5%—
GSO44.1%—
WeirdML76.4%—
LMArena Coding1519—
MirrorCode31.1%—
ALE-Bench1,323—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 47.9 (#8), Hy4 preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents49.2%—
OSWorld 2.018.2%—
τ²-bench Banking40.2%—
PostTrainBench28.6%—
ExploitBench26.5%—
GBAEval43.8%—
GDP.pdf21%—
LMArena Search1233—
Vending-Bench 210,937—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 53.7 (#24), Hy4 preview: 30.6 (#75)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
NYT Connections (extended)39%68.2%
ARC-AGI-275.8%—
SimpleBench61.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark80.7%—
ARC-AGI-193.5%—
CritPt12%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
Thematic Generalization72.8%—
EBR-Bench19%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1507—
Mystery Game Puzzles28%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA52.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.39—
ForecastBench60.3—

Math Claude Opus 4.7 leads

Claude Opus 4.7: 66.5 (#20), Hy4 preview: 54.5 (#37)

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 62.6 (#20), Hy4 preview: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
GPQA Diamond90.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified51.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12%—
LMArena Expert1521—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 41.5 (#29), Hy4 preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
LMArena Vision1317—
Blueprint-Bench 224.5%—
Furniture Assembly33.3%—
LMArena Document1495—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 57.5 (#9), Hy4 preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
LMArena Non-English1481—
LMArena Chinese1530—
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1494—
LMArena Japanese1472—
LMArena Korean1466—
LMArena Russian1494—
LMArena Spanish1497—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 78.6 (#9), Hy4 preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
LMArena Instruction Following1498—

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 46.1 (#24), Hy4 preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
LMArena Longer Query1505—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.7: 75.3 (#8), Hy4 preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7Hy4 preview
LMArena Text1491—
LMArena Creative Writing1486—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1914—
EQ-Bench 41311—
LMArena Multi-Turn1506—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.7 better than Hy4 preview?

Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.4 to 44.6 on the Noometry Index. Hy4 preview costs 8.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Opus 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.7 or Hy4 preview?

Hy4 preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.83 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Claude Opus 4.7 lists at $5 and $25.

Is Claude Opus 4.7 or Hy4 preview better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.9 versus 51.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.7 and Hy4 preview share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.7 has 66 scored results on Noometry and Hy4 preview has 3.

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