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Claude Fable 5.2 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5

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Winner summary

Claude Fable 5.2 wins 7 of 9 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math · general.

Category leads
knowledge·Claude Fable 5.2math·Claude Fable 5.2general·Claude Fable 5.2
Hype vs Reality
Claude Fable 5.2
#1 by perf·#6 by attention
DESERVED
Claude Sonnet 5.5
#17 by perf·#11 by attention
UNDERRATED
Best value
3.4x better value than Claude Fable 5.2
Claude Fable 5.2
3.6 pts/$
$24.00/M
Claude Sonnet 5.5
11.9 pts/$
$6.00/M
Vendor risk
Anthropic logo
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Anthropic logo
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
Claude Fable 5.2Claude Sonnet 5.5
Chess Puzzles
Claude Fable 5.2 leads by +21.0
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
Claude Fable 5.2
77.9
Claude Sonnet 5.5
56.9
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
Claude Fable 5.2 leads by +19.5
Claude Fable 5.2
100.0
Claude Sonnet 5.5
80.5
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
Claude Fable 5.2 leads by +6.6
Claude Fable 5.2
100.0
Claude Sonnet 5.5
93.4
Furniture Assembly
Claude Fable 5.2 leads by +21.4
Claude Fable 5.2
85.7
Claude Sonnet 5.5
64.3
GPQA diamond
Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads by +2.4
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Claude Fable 5.2
95.7
Claude Sonnet 5.5
98.0
Mystery Game Puzzles
Claude Fable 5.2 leads by +27.5
Claude Fable 5.2
89.0
Claude Sonnet 5.5
61.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads by +0.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Claude Fable 5.2
99.7
Claude Sonnet 5.5
100.0
SimpleQA Verified
Claude Fable 5.2 leads by +47.5
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
Claude Fable 5.2
94.0
Claude Sonnet 5.5
46.5
SpireClimb
Claude Fable 5.2 leads by +18.3
Claude Fable 5.2
19.6
Claude Sonnet 5.5
1.3
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Claude Sonnet 5.5
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
77.956.9
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
100.080.5
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
100.093.4
Furniture Assembly
85.764.3
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
95.798.0
Mystery Game Puzzles
89.061.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
99.7100.0
SimpleQA Verified
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
94.046.5
SpireClimb
19.61.3
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Anthropic logoClaude Fable 5.2$8.00$40.001.0M tokens (~500 books)$160.00
Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 5.5$2.00$10.001.0M tokens (~500 books)$40.00