# Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 4.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-vs-claude-opus-4-7
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Fable 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Opus 4.7 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Fable 5 leads overall 80.9 to 70.22.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 83.5 for Claude Fable 5 and 64.9 for Claude Opus 4.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierCode 1.1 Main in Coding, with scores of 53.5% and 38.5%.
- Claude Opus 4.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M+ | 1M |
| Overall Score | 80.9 | 70.22 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 18 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $5.00 / $25.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Fable 5
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 74.8 (Supported · #3/151)
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #32/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 34.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 80.5% | 68.5% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 65.59% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 20.7% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 13.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Fable 5
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 76.9 (Supported · #2/183)
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 62.7 (Supported · #15/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 80% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 48.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 53.5% | 38.5% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 70.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 89.8% | 85.1% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.0% | 82.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 71.00% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 62.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 76.2 (#11/22)
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 83.5 (Supported · #2/181)
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 64.9 (Estimated · #26/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.2% | 90.2% | Claude Fable 5 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 91.5% | 89.9% | Claude Fable 5 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 78.3 (#54/120)
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.7 public-lane score: 60.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 43.793% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 22.917% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Opus 4.7?

Claude Fable 5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.7?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 83.5 for Claude Fable 5 and 64.9 for Claude Opus 4.7.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Fable 5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Fable 5 currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.7 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.7 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-vs-claude-fable-5-1)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-claude-opus-4-7)
- [Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-fable-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)
- [Claude Opus 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-7-vs-claude-opus-4-7-adaptive)

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