# Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Fable 5.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5 and Claude Fable 5.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-vs-claude-fable-5-2
- Last updated: November 9, 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 and Claude Fable 5.2 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.
- Claude Fable 5.2 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M+ | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 80.39 | 91.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 30 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $8.00 / $40.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 74.1 (Supported · #8/132)
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 90.7 (Estimated · #1/132)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.1 | 44.90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 34.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 34% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 67.60% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 51.4% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.1 Offline | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |
| WANDR | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |
| Remote Labor Index | Coming soon | 41.3% | Coming soon |
| RoboDojo Sim | Coming soon | 64.9% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 71 (Supported · #8/158)
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 86.9 (Estimated · #1/158)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 80% | 93% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 47.0% | 69.9% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 70.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 89.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 96.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | Coming soon | 49.1% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 60.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 72.1 (Supported · #14/157)
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 90.7 (Supported · #1/157)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 Provider Adapter | Coming soon | 94.90% | Coming soon |
| STEM Professor Bench | Coming soon | 61.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 75.2 (Supported · #10/67)
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 89.8 (Estimated · #1/67)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ParseBench | 69.79% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 57.9% | 72.9% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Chartography (no tools) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD 2.1 | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD 2.1 (tools) | Coming soon | 83.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 80.1 (Supported · #7/179)
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: 97.6 (Supported · #1/179)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| PhysicianBench | Coming soon | 64.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GMMLU | Coming soon | 96.0% | Coming soon |
| MILU | Coming soon | 94.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 77.1 (#67/157)
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 92.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Claude Fable 5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 87.018% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 90.200% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Fable 5 and Claude Fable 5.2?

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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