BenchLeader

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B

Verdict
  • Claude Fable 5.1 (high) leads on quality: 72.0 vs 65.2.
  • Claude Fable 5.1 (high) is stronger in coding, composite, knowledge, long context, reasoning.
  • Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is stronger in agents & tools.
  • Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 6.7× cheaper ($3.00 vs $20.00 per 1M blended).
  • Claude Fable 5.1 (high) streams 1.4× faster (55 vs 38 tokens per second).
MetricClaude Fable 5.1 (high)Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
BenchLeader Index72.065.2
Agents & tools score66.678.3
Coding score74.1
Composite score94.079.8
Knowledge score83.766.3
Long context score68.466.6
Reasoning score81.080.5
Blended price $/M$20.00$3.00
Output speed55 tok/s38 tok/s
Time to first answer14.7 s55.2 s
Context window1M984k
Terminal-Bench54.5%
SciCode57.6%
WeirdML92.3%
APEX-Agents44.4%
AA Intelligence Index51.240.0
AA-LCR83.7%80.3%
AA-Omniscience40.84.3
GPQA Diamond (AA)90.6%93.5%
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)55.9%42.5%
SciCode (AA)58.7%54.0%
ARC-AGI-196.0%
ARC-AGI-288.8%
CritPt30.3%20.0%
GDPval (AA)57.5%56.4%
τ²-Bench Banking (AA)43.1%49.1%
MirrorCode73.3%
CursorBench69.4%
ALE-Bench2143.2

Data as of 2026-09-19. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B: questions

Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?
Claude Fable 5.1 (high) leads on quality: 72.0 vs 65.2. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Claude Fable 5.1 (high) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-19, but check the category scores for your use.
Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B for agentic tasks?
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B scores higher in agentic tasks (78 vs 67 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is cheaper: $3.00 against $20.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, Claude Fable 5.1 or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B?
Claude Fable 5.1 streams faster: 55 against 38 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
Claude Fable 5.1 accepts more context: 1M against 984k tokens.