# Claude Fable 5.1 vs LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5.1 and LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-longcat-flash-lite-sparse
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Fable 5.1 and LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5.1 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Meituan |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 84.61 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 80.2 (Supported · #1/152)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 55.80% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 41.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass@3 | 81.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass³ | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified avg. turns | 23.7 turns | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 85.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 33.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 21.7% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 45.6% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 48.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 84.3 (Supported · #1/151)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 43 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 81.2% | 40.6% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SWE Multilingual | 89.1% | 59.3% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SWE Multimodal | 54.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 67.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 56.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 33.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 79.4 (#2/20)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 86.7 (Supported · #1/183)
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 60.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| CMMLU | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 69.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 49.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Fable 5.1 and LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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