Claude Fable 5.1 vs GPT-5 Pro
Verdict
- Claude Fable 5.1 (max) leads on quality: 70.3 vs 60.8.
- Claude Fable 5.1 (max) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, composite, human preference, knowledge, maths, reasoning.
- GPT-5 Pro is stronger in multimodal.
- Claude Fable 5.1 (max) is 2.1× cheaper ($20.00 vs $41.25 per 1M blended).
| Metric | Claude Fable 5.1 (max) | GPT-5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 70.3 | 60.8 |
| Agents & tools score | 67.4 | – |
| Coding score | 78.4 | – |
| Composite score | 76.6 | – |
| Human preference score | 71.3 | – |
| Knowledge score | 75.9 | 68.0 |
| Maths score | 77.0 | – |
| Reasoning score | 71.9 | 57.6 |
| Multimodal score | – | 67.4 |
| Blended price $/M | $20.00 | $41.25 |
| Output speed | 40 tok/s | – |
| Time to first answer | 299.8 s | – |
| Context window | 1M | 400k |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 | 90.2% | – |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 87.8% | – |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | – |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% | – |
| Humanity's Last Exam | – | 31.6% |
| Terminal-Bench | 57.9% | – |
| SimpleBench | – | 61.6% |
| SciCode | 62.0% | – |
| WeirdML | 92.9% | – |
| ProofBench | 100.0% | – |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | – | 150.3 |
| LMArena Text | 1504 | – |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1522 | – |
| LMArena Coding | 1517 | – |
| LMArena WebDev | 1764 | – |
| LMArena Agent | 14.5 | – |
| LiveBench | 83.4% | – |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 91.7% | – |
| LiveBench Coding | 86.4% | – |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | 66.1% | – |
| LiveBench Mathematics | 97.0% | – |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 80.3% | – |
| LiveBench Language | 89.5% | – |
| PRBench Finance | – | 51.1% |
| PRBench Legal | – | 49.9% |
| VISTA | – | 52.4% |
| MultiNRC | – | 65.2% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | – | 76.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.5% | 70.2% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90.0% | 18.3% |
Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
Claude Fable 5.1 vs GPT-5 Pro: questions
- Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than GPT-5 Pro?
- Claude Fable 5.1 (max) leads on quality: 70.3 vs 60.8. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Claude Fable 5.1 (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
- Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or GPT-5 Pro?
- Claude Fable 5.1 is cheaper: $20.00 against $41.25 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which has the larger context window?
- Claude Fable 5.1 accepts more context: 1M against 400k tokens.