Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic · Released 1 Sep 2026 · claude-fable-5-1
$10.00
Input price / 1M tokens
#59 of 61, cheapest first
$50.00
Output price / 1M tokens
#59 of 61, cheapest first
1M
Context window
#29 of 71
68
Output tokens / second
#46 of 61
55.8%
Terminal-Bench 4.0
#5 of 10
77.9%
OSWorld 2.0
#1 of 10
60.9%
Humanity’s Last Exam (no tools)
#1 of 23
65%
Humanity’s Last Exam (with tools)
#2 of 16
Summary
Claude Fable 5.1 is a proprietary model from Anthropic, released on 1 Sep 2026.
At $10.00 input and $50.00 output per million tokens, it is #59 of 61 on input price, cheapest first.
Its 1M-token context window ranks #29 of 71.
Measured output speed is 68 tokens per second, #46 of 61.
Anthropic's top generally available model, for demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work. Successor to Claude Fable 5 at the same input and output prices, with stronger long-running agentic coding, multistep research and document work.
Benchmarks · 14 reported
| Benchmark | Score | Bar | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0agentic coding | 55.8% | #5 of 10 | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported | |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1agentic scientific research; SE ±3.5–4.5 pts | 52.6% | – | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported | |
| GDPval-AA v2knowledge work | 1,853 | Elo-style | – | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported |
| OSWorld 2.0partial-credit score; benchmark authors' August 2026 task release | 77.9% | #1 of 10 | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported | |
| OSWorld 2.0strict score; benchmark authors' August 2026 task release | 41.7% | – | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported | |
| Humanity’s Last Exam (no tools)no tools | 60.9% | #1 of 23 | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported | |
| Humanity’s Last Exam (with tools)with tools | 65% | #2 of 16 | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported | |
| AutomationBenchbusiness workflows (Zapier benchmark) | 31.4% | #5 of 8 | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported | |
| CursorBench 3.2.0agentic coding | 73.4% | – | Anthropic Fable 5.1 / Mythos 5.1 launch postSelf-reported | |
| FrontierCode 1.1agentic coding; comparison column in a later post | 50.3% | #2 of 6 | Anthropic Opus 5.5 launch postSelf-reported | |
| CursorBench 4.0agentic coding; comparison column in a later post | 51.8% | – | Anthropic Opus 5.5 launch postSelf-reported | |
| GDPval-AA v2.1knowledge work; comparison column in a later post | 1,735 | Elo-style | – | Anthropic Opus 5.5 launch postSelf-reported |
| OSWorld 2.1partial-credit score; comparison column in a later post | 80.7% | – | Anthropic Opus 5.5 launch postSelf-reported | |
| Chartographywith tools; comparison column in a later post | 88.4% | – | Anthropic Opus 5.5 launch postSelf-reported |
Self-reported means the lab ran the test itself. A rank appears only where several labs report the same version of a benchmark.
Similar models
Models with the most benchmarks in common with Claude Fable 5.1, and the closest scores.
Terminal-Bench 4.0
#5 of 10Long jobs in a real terminal
- Claude Fable 5.155.8
- Claude Opus 552.3
- Claude Fable 542
- GPT-6 Astra57.9
- Claude Opus 5.566.4
- Claude Sonnet 5.570.6
OSWorld 2.0
#1 of 10Long desktop and web workflows
- Claude Fable 5.177.9
- Claude Fable 572.9
- GPT-6 Astra72.6
Humanity’s Last Exam (no tools)
#1 of 23Expert questions, no search or code
- Claude Fable 5.160.9
- Claude Opus 556.6
- Claude Fable 557.8
Humanity’s Last Exam (with tools)
#2 of 16Expert questions, with search and code
- Claude Fable 5.165
- Claude Opus 563.6
- Claude Fable 563.8
- GPT-6 Astra57.2
- Claude Opus 5.567.7
- Claude Sonnet 5.564.5
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Sources
- price, cache prices, batch, tokenizer: platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing, checked 2 Oct 2026
- context, max output, release, api id, knowledge cutoff, modalities: platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/overview, checked 2 Oct 2026
- status, retirement commitment (not sooner than 2027-09-01): platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-deprecations, checked 2 Oct 2026
- minimum cacheable prompt length: platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching, checked 2 Oct 2026
- refusal classifiers and refusal billing: platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/refusals-and-fallback, checked 2 Oct 2026
- benchmarks: anthropic.com/claude-fable-and-mythos-5-1, checked 2 Oct 2026
- benchmarks (comparison column): anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5, checked 2 Oct 2026
- output speed: artificialanalysis.ai/models/claude-fable-5-1, checked 2 Oct 2026
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