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Claude Fable 5.1vsGPT-5 mini
Claude Fable 5.1 leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. GPT-5 mini is 26.7x cheaper per token. Claude Fable 5.1 has the larger context window (1M tokens).
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Shared benchmarks
4 – 0
Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-5 mini
26.7x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Claude Fable 5.1
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 95.493%
Anthropic · OpenAI
Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic · released 2026-09-01
textvision
GPT-5 mini
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 4 only Claude Fable 5.1 · 4 only GPT-5 mini| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | GPT-5 mini | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 87.8% ↗epoch | 12.2% ↗epoch | +75.6 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 90.2% ↗epoch | 46.7% ↗epoch | +43.5 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 100% ↗epoch | 86.7% ↗epoch | +13.3 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% ↗epoch | 21.6% ↗epoch | +49.2 pt | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Only Claude Fable 5.1 reports · 4 | ||||
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 60.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| CursorBench 3.2.0 | 73.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1853 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1 | 52.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5 mini reports · 4 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 71% ↗ | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | not reported | 81.6% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 87.5% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 64.7% ↗epoch | — | — |
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 GPT-5 mini 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 | GPT-5 mini | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 400K tokens | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 128K tokens | Tie |
| Input price / 1M | $10 ↗ | $0.25 ↗ | GPT-5 mini |
| Output price / 1M | $50 ↗ | $2 ↗ | GPT-5 mini |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.25 ↗ | $0.025 ↗ | GPT-5 mini |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $60 | $2.25 | GPT-5 mini |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-09-01 | 2025-08-07 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 8 | 9 | — |
Reliability
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