Compare / head-to-head
Claude Fable 5.1vsClaude Sonnet 5
Claude Fable 5.1 leads 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Claude Sonnet 5 is 5x cheaper per token. Both offer a 1M-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
5 – 0
Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Cheaper per token
Claude Sonnet 5
5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100%
Anthropic
Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic · released 2026-09-01
textvision
Claude Sonnet 5
Anthropic · released 2026-06-30
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 3 only Claude Fable 5.1 · 3 only Claude Sonnet 5| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 60.9% ↗ | 43.2% ↗ | +17.7 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 87.8% ↗epoch | 29.3% ↗epoch | +58.5 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 90.2% ↗epoch | 65.6% ↗epoch | +24.6 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 100% ↗epoch | 94.7% ↗epoch | +5.3 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% ↗epoch | 33.7% ↗epoch | +37.1 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Only Claude Fable 5.1 reports · 3 | ||||
| CursorBench 3.2.0 | 73.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1853 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1 | 52.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Claude Sonnet 5 reports · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 85.2% ↗ | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | not reported | 90.5% ↗epoch | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (with tools) | not reported | 57.4% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Fable 5.1 minus Claude Sonnet 5 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Claude Fable 5.1 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens | Tie |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 128K tokens | Tie |
| Input price / 1M | $10 ↗ | $2 ↗ | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| Output price / 1M | $50 ↗ | $10 ↗ | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.25 ↗ | $0.2 ↗ | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $60 | $12 | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-09-01 | 2026-06-30 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 8 | 8 | — |
Reliability
Anthropic status
Last 60 days · refreshed daily on this page · live on /statusMore matchups
Claude Fable 5.1 vs …
Models sharing the most benchmarksMore matchups
Claude Sonnet 5 vs …
Models sharing the most benchmarksBuilt by Respan
Which one wins on your data?
Public benchmarks are a starting point. Run Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Sonnet 5 on your own prompts with Respan evals, or route to either through one gateway key with automatic failover.