# Claude Fable 5.1 vs Spark-X2.6-4B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5.1 and Spark-X2.6-4B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-spark-x2-6-4b
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Fable 5.1 and Spark-X2.6-4B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Spark-X2.6-4B has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5.1 | Spark-X2.6-4B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | SparkLLM |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 83.25 | 40.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 34 | 20 |
| 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: 80.8 (Supported · #2/131)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 33 (Estimated · #89/131)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Spark-X2.6-4B | 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 |
| ApprenticeBench | 72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 58.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 71.8% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 62.4% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 53.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 36.9% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 34.7% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 69.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 76.8 (Supported · #3/152)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #95/152)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 43.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 81.2% | 54.3% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SWE Multilingual | 89.1% | 64.7% | 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 |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 85.2 (#5/27)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 65.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ParseBench | 78.92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 86.9 (Supported · #2/187)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 43 (Estimated · #109/187)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 60.9% | 17.9% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 69.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 78.2 (#62/149)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 1.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.6% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 96.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 76.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 90.175% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 87.805% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 75.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Fable 5.1 and Spark-X2.6-4B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 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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