# Claude Mythos 5 vs Sakana Fugu

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-sakana-fugu
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- Claude Mythos 5 leads overall 82 to 65.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 85.1 for Claude Mythos 5 and 68.6 for Sakana Fugu.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 80.3% and 59%.
- Sakana Fugu is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Mythos 5 | Sakana Fugu |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Sakana AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M+ | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.0% | 80.2% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 88% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 95.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 80.3% | 59% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.0% | 80.2% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 70.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: 85.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 68.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Multimodal | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 93.5% | 85.1% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.1% | 95.5% | Sakana Fugu |
| HLE | 64.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 59% | 47.2% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 97.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Mythos 5 or Sakana Fugu?

Claude Mythos 5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Mythos 5 and Sakana Fugu?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 85.1 for Claude Mythos 5 and 68.6 for Sakana Fugu.

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

Claude Mythos 5 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Sakana Fugu cover on BenchLM?

Sakana Fugu currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Mythos 5 vs Claude Mythos 5.1](/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-claude-mythos-5-1)
- [Sakana Fugu vs Claude Mythos 5.1](/compare/claude-mythos-5-1-vs-sakana-fugu)
- [Claude Mythos 5 vs Claude Mythos Preview](/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-claude-mythos-preview)
- [Sakana Fugu vs Claude Mythos Preview](/compare/claude-mythos-preview-vs-sakana-fugu)

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- [Claude Mythos 5 profile](/models/claude-mythos-5)
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