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Claude 4 Sonnet vs Claude Fable 5

Head to head on 22 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
Claude Fable 5

Anthropic

71.8%1933elo8392.6%55.5%63.5%81.4%78.6%80.0%59.9%88.5%93.9%87.3%56.1%88.5%68.9%85.0%51.9%60.2%76.9%62.9%98.5%--17.4%-83.9%38.6%-90.0%-1340elo78.0%56.3%29.3%29.8%1932elo-66.0%13.3%----95.0%-----80.3%88.0%-66.0%74.2%90.4%--69.4%
Claude 4 Sonnet

Anthropic

54.7%1480elo58.468.3%4.3%45.4%64.8%77.5%54.6%44.3%72.9%70.5%69.0%33.9%72.4%62.5%43.9%35.0%37.3%69.6%27.3%52.3%40.7%38.0%-22.9%--47.8%-19.8%------67.5%--44.9%93.4%86.7%83.7%-6.186.1858.3%35.6%74.6%--0.59---84.0%84.0%55.5%
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AttributeClaude 4 Sonnet

Anthropic

Claude Fable 5

Anthropic

DescriptionClaude 4 Sonnet is an AI model from Anthropic.Claude Fable 5 is Anthropic's most capable widely released model, built for the most demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work. Shares its base model with the invitation-only Claude Mythos 5.
FamilyClaudeClaude
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietary-
Released22 May 20259 Jun 2026
Context200,0001,000,000
Input $/1M$3.00$10.00
Output $/1M$15.00$50.00
Cache read $/1M-$1.000
Cache write $/1M-$12.500
Speed0 tok/s66 tok/s
Latency0.00 s49.62 s
Modalitiestext, imagetext, image, file
Providers--
PublisherAnthropicAnthropic
Reported scores
IFBench63.5% (AA)
LiveBench - Math93.9% (LiveBench)
LiveBench - Coding78.6% (LiveBench)

FAQ

Is Claude 4 Sonnet or Claude Fable 5 better?
Across the 22 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Claude Fable 5 leads on 22 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do Claude 4 Sonnet and Claude Fable 5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
Claude 4 Sonnet scores 68.3% and Claude Fable 5 scores 92.6% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, Claude 4 Sonnet or Claude Fable 5?
Claude 4 Sonnet is cheaper at $15.00 per million output tokens against $50.00 for Claude Fable 5 - about 3.3x.
When were Claude 4 Sonnet and Claude Fable 5 released?
Claude 4 Sonnet was released 22 May 2025 by Anthropic. Claude Fable 5 was released 9 Jun 2026 by Anthropic.

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