# Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-vs-gpt-5-5
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Fable 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.5 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 73.27.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 78.3 for Claude Fable 5 and 92.9 for GPT-5.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 80% and 58.6%.
- GPT-5.5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5 | GPT-5.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M+ | 1M |
| Overall Score | 80.9 | 73.27 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 18 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $5.00 / $30.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Fable 5
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 74.8 (Supported · #3/151)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 63.9 (Supported · #15/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 34.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 84.3% | 82% | Claude Fable 5 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 85% | 78.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 80.5% | 76.4% | Claude Fable 5 |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 75.3% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 98% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 72.93% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 17.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 13.0% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Fable 5
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 76.9 (Supported · #2/183)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 67.7 (Supported · #8/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 80% | 58.6% | Claude Fable 5 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 48.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 53.5% | 43.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 84.3% | 82.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| cursorBench31 | 70.6% | 59.2% | Claude Fable 5 |
| cursorBench32 | 70.5% | 58.4% | Claude Fable 5 |
| VulcanBench v3 | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 89.8% | 85.3% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.0% | 82.6% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 69.85% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 62.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 71.3 (#19/48)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 57.9% | 54.1% | Claude Fable 5 |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 76.2 (#11/22)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 63.5 (#15/22)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 64K-128K | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 128K-256K | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Fable 5
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 83.5 (Supported · #2/181)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 73.3 (Supported · #7/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.2% | 93.2% | Tie |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 91.5% | 88.1% | Claude Fable 5 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 93.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 78.3 (#54/120)
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 92.9 (#7/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.5 public-lane score: 69.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | GPT-5.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | Coming soon | 51.7% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 51.700% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 35.400% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Fable 5 or GPT-5.5?

Claude Fable 5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.5?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 78.3 for Claude Fable 5 and 92.9 for GPT-5.5.

### 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 GPT-5.5 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.5 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-vs-claude-fable-5-1)
- [GPT-5.5 vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-gpt-5-5)
- [Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5 Pro](/compare/claude-fable-vs-gpt-5-5-pro)
- [GPT-5.5 vs GPT-5.5 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-5-vs-gpt-5-5-pro)

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