Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 4.6

Side-by-side comparison. Updated 2026-06-12.

Verdict

Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 wins on higher overall score (9.6 vs 9.2, +0.4).

Both models score equally. Pick based on which strengths align with your workload.

Anthropic: Claude Fable 5
by Anthropic
9.6 /10 Elite
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Claude Opus 4.6
by Anthropic
9.2 /10 Elite
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At a Glance

Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.6
Attribute Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 Claude Opus 4.6
Provider Anthropic Anthropic
Tags Intelligent Coding Reasoning Agentic Intelligent Coding Agentic Long Context
Context 1,000,000 tokens 1,000,000 tokens
Input price $10.00/1M $5.00/1M
Output price $25.00/1M $25.00/1M
Input modalities Text, Image, File Text, Image, File
Output modalities Text Text

Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 Strengths

  • Built for autonomous agentic workflows with native tool use and structured outputs
  • 1M-token context window enables long-horizon tasks
  • Strong reasoning capabilities with verifiable chain-of-thought
  • Multimodal input: text, images, and files
  • Competitive pricing at $10/$50 per million tokens

Claude Opus 4.6 Strengths