Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic vs Anthropic · Prices checked November 11, 2026
There is a 2.0× price gap here. Claude Opus 4.6 blends to $11.00 per million tokens; Claude Fable 5 to $22.00. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.7500 on Claude Opus 4.6 against $1.50 on Claude Fable 5.
Pricing and capacity
RatesUSD per million tokens. Prices checked November 11, 2026.
| Metric | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.6 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $5.00 | 2.0× |
| Output / 1M tokens | $50.00 | $25.00 | 2.0× |
| Blended · 70/30calculated | $22.00 | $11.00 | 2.0× |
| Blended · 50/50calculated | $30.00 | $15.00 | 2.0× |
| Blended · 80/20calculated | $18.00 | $9.00 | 2.0× |
| Blended · 20/80calculated | $42.00 | $21.00 | 2.0× |
| Job cost · 100K + 10Kcalculated | $1.50 | $0.7500 | 2.0× |
| Job cost · 1M + 100Kcalculated | $15.00 | $7.50 | 2.0× |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | level |
Input and output rates are as published by each provider. Blended and job-cost rows are calculated comparison metrics, not published prices — how they are derived.
Neither has a context advantage; both cap at 1,000,000 tokens.
Benchmarks
These two models do not currently report scores on any of the same benchmark suites, so there is no like-for-like capability comparison to show. Rather than pad the page with one-sided numbers, the benchmark leaderboards list every score we do hold.
What each model is for
Claude Fable 5
Anthropic · Frontier
Anthropic's most powerful model, a new tier above Opus. Fable 5 keeps the 1M-token context window and multimodal input (text, image, file), and targets the hardest long-horizon agentic, coding and reasoning work. Priced at $10/$50 per MTok with $1.00 cached input.
- Most capable Claude to date
- State-of-the-art long-horizon agentic execution
- 1M-token context
- Text, image & file input
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic · Previous
The flagship of the Claude 4 generation. 1M-token context is GA, and Opus 4.6 leads on agentic coding, long-horizon reasoning and tool-use reliability.
- Agentic coding (Claude Code)
- 1M-token context, GA
- Tool use & function calling
- Multi-step reasoning
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Opus 4.6?
There is a 2.0× price gap here. Claude Opus 4.6 blends to $11.00 per million tokens; Claude Fable 5 to $22.00. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.7500 on Claude Opus 4.6 against $1.50 on Claude Fable 5. Blended cost weights input at 70% and output at 30%; price your own token split for an exact answer, since the cheaper model on a blended basis is not always cheaper for your workload.
Which has the larger context window, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Opus 4.6?
Neither has a context advantage; both cap at 1,000,000 tokens. The context window caps everything in a single request: prompt, retrieved documents, conversation history and the model’s own output all share it.
Can I compare Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.6 on my own numbers?
Yes. Open both in the side-by-side comparison tool to see every field at once, or use the token calculator to price your actual prompt and monthly request volume against each model. Both are free and need no sign-up.
Price it for your own workload
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Prices and scores are recomputed on every deploy from the catalogue. Prices checked November 11, 2026.