# Claude Fable 5 vs Inkling 2 Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5 and Inkling 2 Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-vs-inkling-2-small
- Last updated: November 7, 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 Inkling 2 Small 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.
- Inkling 2 Small has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5 | Inkling 2 Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M+ | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 80.74 | 59.06 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $0.30 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 74.1 (Supported · #7/131)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.9 (Supported · #26/131)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 34.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | 85.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| 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 |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 90.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 70.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 71.5 (Supported · #7/157)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #20/157)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 95% | 82.2% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 80% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 47.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | 85.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| 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 | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 38.8% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 72.1% | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | Coming soon | 31.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 82.6 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 64.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.6 (#12/59)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ParseBench | 69.79% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | Coming soon | 36.7% | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 68.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 81.7 (Supported · #6/178)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 60.4 (Estimated · #46/178)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 93% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 77.1 (#67/157)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Fable 5 public-lane score: 92.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 85.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Inkling 2 Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 87.018% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 90.200% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Fable 5 and Inkling 2 Small?

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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-vs-claude-fable-5-1)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Claude Fable 5.1](/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-inkling-2-small)
- [Claude Fable 5 vs Inkling-Small](/compare/claude-fable-vs-inkling-small)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-inkling-small)

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- [Claude Fable 5 profile](/models/claude-fable)
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