# Claude Opus 4.7 exceeds its most direct rivals on key benchmarks.

*genai · news · 2026-04-16 · VentureBeat*

## Key points

- Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 introduces autonomous self-verification, reducing hallucination loops in agentic tasks.
- Opus 4.7 leads GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1 Pro in knowledge work and agentic coding benchmarks, with an Elo score of 1753.
- The model now supports high-resolution images up to 2,576 pixels, tripling previous visual processing capabilities.
- A new 'effort' parameter and 'task budgets' allow users to control reasoning depth and token spending.
- Opus 4.7's strict instruction adherence requires significant prompt re-tuning, risking errors for legacy applications.

**Companies:** Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Intuit, Replit, Notion, Cognition, Factory Droids, Harvey
**Countries:** United States

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