Claude Opus 4.7 vs Nova 2.0 Lite
Wins 6 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents
Wins 1 of 7 areas
Following instructions
Claude Opus 4.7 is the stronger all-rounder.Nova 2.0 Lite is cheaper and better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 22 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software30Claude Opus 4.73 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Claude Opus 4.73 of 3 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own20Claude Opus 4.72 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Claude Opus 4.72 of 3 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video10Claude Opus 4.71 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Opus 4.71 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Nova 2.0 Lite1 of 1 test
Images and charts, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Nova 2.0 Lite costs 91% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Opus 4.7 pulls ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+67points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+49.1points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+34.8points ahead
Where Nova 2.0 Lite pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+12.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 22 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Opus 4.7
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Claude Opus 4.7 by 6783.116.1+67
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Opus 4.7 by 34.851.516.7+34.8
- SciCodeClaude Opus 4.7 by 17.654.536.9+17.6
AgentsClaude Opus 4.7
- GDPValClaude Opus 4.7 by 42.842.80+42.8
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Opus 4.7 by 27.834.66.8+27.8
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.7
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Opus 4.7 by 30.742.311.6+30.7
- CritPtClaude Opus 4.7 by 11.7120.3+11.7
- GPQA DiamondClaude Opus 4.7 by 10.391.481.1+10.3
FactsClaude Opus 4.7
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Opus 4.7 by 49.157.78.6+49.1
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Opus 4.7 by 29.948.919+29.9
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterNova 2.0 Lite by 6.9125.1+6.9
Images and chartsClaude Opus 4.7
- MMMU-ProClaude Opus 4.7 by 1578.863.8+15
Following instructionsNova 2.0 Lite
- IFBenchNova 2.0 Lite by 12.158.670.7+12.1
Other results8 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Opus 4.7 by 82.327.3-55+82.3
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Opus 4.7 by 50.673.623+50.6
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Opus 4.7 by 36.439.53.1+36.4
- AA IntelligenceClaude Opus 4.7 by 27.340.713.4+27.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Opus 4.7 by 15.888.672.8+15.8
- vectara_factual_consistencyNova 2.0 Lite by 6.98894.9+6.9
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthClaude Opus 4.7 by 55 rating points149.194.1+55 rating
- vectara_answer_rateNova 2.0 Lite by 1.69899.6+1.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.7 or Nova 2.0 Lite?
Claude Opus 4.7 wins six of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts and long documents. Nova 2.0 Lite wins following instructions, and costs 91% less.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.7. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Nova 2.0 Lite wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; Nova 2.0 Lite costs $0.30 and $2.50. That makes Nova 2.0 Lite about 91% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 22 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 14 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 8 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.