Knowledge
Directional only- Claude Fable 5.1
- 65.0
- GPT-5.4 mini
- 47.8
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Claude Fable 5.1 vs GPT-5.4 mini
Updated September 1, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
Claude Fable 5.1 has the higher public score, 82.74 versus 56.69, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
2 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
GPT-5.4 mini
GPT-5.4 mini has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
GPT-5.4 mini
GPT-5.4 mini has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
GPT-5.4 mini
GPT-5.4 mini has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
16 Claude Fable 5.1 only
2 Shared
12 GPT-5.4 mini only
- Shared results
- 2
- Claude Fable 5.1 only
- 16
- GPT-5.4 mini only
- 12
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 / 8
1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
Agentic
Not comparable- Claude Fable 5.1
- Not measured
- GPT-5.4 mini
- 65.7
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Coding
Not comparable- Claude Fable 5.1
- 81.2
- GPT-5.4 mini
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Claude Fable 5.1
- 90.0
- GPT-5.4 mini
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Claude Fable 5.1
- Not measured
- GPT-5.4 mini
- 21.7
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Claude Fable 5.1
- Not measured
- GPT-5.4 mini
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Claude Fable 5.1
- Not measured
- GPT-5.4 mini
- 76.6
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- Claude Fable 5.1
- Not measured
- GPT-5.4 mini
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Claude Fable 5.1 | GPT-5.4 mini | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 65.0 | 47.8 | Directional only1 vs 2 rows | Directional only |
| Agentic | Not measured | 65.7 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | 81.2 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | 90.0 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not measured | 21.7 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not measured | 76.6 | Not comparable0 vs 1 rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
HLE
Knowledge
Claude Fable 5.1: 65%GPT-5.4 mini: 41.5%Normalized gap 23.5Claude Fable 5.1 source GPT-5.4 mini source
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Claude Fable 5.1
- $0.035
- Fits in one request
- GPT-5.4 mini
- $0.003
- Fits in one request
GPT-5.4 mini has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Claude Fable 5.1
- $0.65
- Fits in one request
- GPT-5.4 mini
- $0.051
- Fits in one request
GPT-5.4 mini has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Claude Fable 5.1
- $0.75
- Fits in one request
- GPT-5.4 mini
- $0.075
- Fits in one request
GPT-5.4 mini has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationClaude Fable 5.1GPT-5.4 mini
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Claude Fable 5.1
GPT-5.4 mini
API model ID
Claude Fable 5.1
claude-fable-5-1
Anthropic Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 launchGPT-5.4 mini
gpt-5.4-mini
OpenAI GPT-5.4 mini model documentationCached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Claude Fable 5.1
$0.25 per 1M cached input tokens
Anthropic Fable 5.1 launchGPT-5.4 mini
$0.075 per 1M cached input tokens
OpenAI pricingDocumented inputs
Claude Fable 5.1
Not sourced
GPT-5.4 mini
text, image
OpenAI model catalogDocumented outputs
Claude Fable 5.1
Not sourced
GPT-5.4 mini
Provider availability
Claude Fable 5.1
Generally Available · Claude API, Claude products, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
Anthropic Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 launchGPT-5.4 mini
Generally Available · OpenAI Responses API
OpenAI model catalogReasoning profile
Claude Fable 5.1
Reasoning
GPT-5.4 mini
Reasoning
Weight access
Claude Fable 5.1
Proprietary
GPT-5.4 mini
Proprietary
License
Claude Fable 5.1
Proprietary
GPT-5.4 mini
Proprietary
Release date
Claude Fable 5.1
2026-09-01
GPT-5.4 mini
2026-03-17
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- Claude Fable 5.1 has the higher public score, 82.74 versus 56.69, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap.
- Workload cost
- Repository review: $0.65 vs $0.051. Cache-heavy agent loop: $0.75 vs $0.075.
- Context tradeoff
- Claude Fable 5.1 has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence30 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 4.0
Claude Fable 5.155.80%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1
Claude Fable 5.152.6%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Claude Fable 5.141.7%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
AutomationBench
Claude Fable 5.131.4%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
Toolathlon-Verified
Claude Fable 5.177.8%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
Toolathlon Verified Pass@3
Claude Fable 5.181.5%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
Toolathlon Verified Pass³
Claude Fable 5.173.1%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
Toolathlon Verified avg. turns
Claude Fable 5.123.7 turnsSourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Claude Fable 5.1—GPT-5.4 mini60%SourceNot directly comparable
OSWorld-Verified
Claude Fable 5.1—GPT-5.4 mini72.1%SourceNot directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Claude Fable 5.1—GPT-5.4 mini57.7%SourceNot directly comparable
Toolathlon
Claude Fable 5.1—GPT-5.4 mini42.9%SourceNot directly comparable
τ²-bench results
Claude Fable 5.1—GPT-5.4 mini93.4%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Pro
Claude Fable 5.181.2%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
SWE Multilingual
Claude Fable 5.189.1%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
SWE Multimodal
Claude Fable 5.154.7%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
deepSwe
Claude Fable 5.167.4%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
ProgramBench
Claude Fable 5.187.6%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
cursorBench32
Claude Fable 5.173.4%SourceGPT-5.4 mini—Not directly comparable
Vibe Code Bench
Claude Fable 5.1—GPT-5.4 mini47.97%SourceNot directly comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 Main
Claude Fable 5.1—GPT-5.4 mini27.0%SourceNot directly comparable
Reasoning
Knowledge
Math
Multimodal
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-5.4 mini?
Claude Fable 5.1 has the higher public score, 82.74 versus 56.69, and the 90% score intervals do not overlap. That is the clearest overall quality signal in the current public data.
Which is better for coding, Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-5.4 mini?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-5.4 mini?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Which costs less, Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-5.4 mini?
For the stated presets, chat costs $0.035 on Claude Fable 5.1 and $0.003 on GPT-5.4 mini; repository review costs $0.65 and $0.051; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.75 and $0.075. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Which has the larger context window, Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-5.4 mini?
Claude Fable 5.1 has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 400K.
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