Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5Alternatives?
CheaperGemini 3.8 Flashhighsame-93%*$3.49Sampling parameters are ignored+1
OpenDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017high-4%-97%$0.30 / $1.20Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4CheaperGemini 4 Argonhighsame-80%*$1.62Synchronous output stops at 65,536+2
CheaperGPT-6.1 Solhighsame-80%$0.32Remove unsupported parameters+5CheaperClaude Opus 5.5highsame-60%$1.82No forced tool use+5Gemini 3.8 Flashhighsame-93%*$3.49Sampling parameters are ignored+1Gemini 4 Argonhighsame-80%*$1.62Synchronous output stops at 65,536+2GPT-6.1 Solhighsame-80%$0.32Remove unsupported parameters+5Claude Opus 5.5highsame-60%$1.82No forced tool use+5Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewunstatedsame-78%$2 / $12Cannot use both thinking controlsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017highOpen-4%-97%$0.30 / $1.20Pass back reasoning_content · Chat Completions+4
Kimi K3maxOpen-4%-70%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3
GLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen-8%-99%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813lowOpen-8%-90%$1.32 / $3.96No image input+5
Muse Spark OpenxhighOpen-10%-90%$0.84Reasoning off leaves output unchanged · Self-hosted / llama.cpp+1Claude Opus 5.5xhigh-1%—$3.46No forced tool use+5Claude Opus 5max-1%—$5.86Claude Sonnet 5.5xhigh-2%—$2.01No forced tool use+5Claude Fable 5.1xhigh-2%—$5.98Replace forced tool_choice+5Claude Opus 4.6high-5%—$5 / $25Claude Opus 4.8max-6%—$4.08Claude Haiku 5.5xhigh-11%—$0.12Remove sampling parameters+5Claude Sonnet 4.6high-12%—$3 / $15All Anthropic models →History
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How much does Claude Fable 5 cost?›
$10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens; cached input $1 per 1M.
Is Claude Fable 5 free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $10 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Claude Fable 5, and what is it best at?›
#4 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #12 of 134 in Coding, #33 of 135 in Agents & Tool Use, #6 of 197 in Writing & Language, #8 of 37 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Coding, Agents & work tasks, Tool calling, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Knowledge.
Is Claude Fable 5 better than Claude Opus 5.5?›
On ARC-AGI-1 · semi-private, Claude Fable 5 scores 98.5 vs 98.5 — about the same.
How can I use Claude Fable 5?›
Through the API of Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure, Claude Platform on AWS, DeepInfra and 1 more.
What is the context window of Claude Fable 5?›
1M tokens, with up to 128K output tokens.
When was Claude Fable 5 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-06-07. It has been superseded by Claude Fable 5.1.
Is Claude Fable 5 open source?›
No, Claude Fable 5 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017.
Can Claude Fable 5 read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is Claude Fable 5?›
Claude Fable 5 is a closed language model from Anthropic, released Jun 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Claude Fable 5?›
Gemini 3.8 Flash (cheaper), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (open weights).