Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5
Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic) compared on benchmarks, pricing, context window, and use-case rankings.
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 is cheaper on input tokens — $2.00 vs $10.00 per 1M.
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 ranks higher for coding (96th vs 94th percentile).
| Attribute | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Intelligence (ECI) | 163 | — |
| Coding | 94 | 96 |
| Math | 91 | 91 |
| Reasoning & Knowledge | 88 | 76 |
| Agentic & Tools | 92 | 100 |
| Specifications | ||
| Developer | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Family | Claude | Claude |
| Released | Jun 9, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Availability | API access | API access |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Price — $/M input | $10.00 | $2.00 |
| Price — $/M output | $50.00 | $10.00 |
| Inputs | text, image, file | text, image, file |
| Outputs | text | text |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AIME 2024/2025 | 100% | 100% |
| APEX | 64% | 76% |
| ARC-AGI | 99% | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89% | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 86% | 96% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 56% | — |
| SciCode | 61% | — |
| SimpleBench | 82% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 71% | 47% |
| WebDev Arena | 1628 | 1699 |
| WeirdML | 92% | — |
| τ²-bench | 99% | — |
Use-case scores are 0–100 percentile composites across each area’s benchmarks, ranked against every model from the past year. Highlighted cells lead each row. Open a model for the full picture.
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Sonnet 5.5?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is cheaper on input tokens at $2.00 per million, versus $10.00 (representative OpenRouter pricing).
Which has a larger context window, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Sonnet 5.5?
Claude Fable 5 supports up to 1M tokens, compared with 1M for the other.
Which is better for coding, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Sonnet 5.5?
Across coding benchmarks like SWE-bench Verified and Terminal-Bench, Claude Sonnet 5.5 ranks higher — 96th vs 94th percentile among the models tracked on Model Beat.
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Benchmarks & model data from Epoch AI (CC BY); pricing & specs from OpenRouter. ECI = Epoch Capabilities Index.