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Winner summary

Claude Fable 5 wins 25 of 30 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · reasoning · knowledge.

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Hype vs Reality
Claude Fable 5
#30 by perf·#5 by attention
DESERVED
Gemini 3.8 Flash
#56 by perf·#10 by attention
DESERVED
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
#136 by perf·#10 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
1.2x better value than Gemini 3.8 Flash
Claude Fable 5
2.3 pts/$
$30.00/M
Gemini 3.8 Flash
23.9 pts/$
$2.48/M
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
28.5 pts/$
$1.75/M
Vendor risk
Anthropic logo
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Google DeepMind logo
Google DeepMind
$3.61T·Tier 1
Low risk
Google DeepMind logo
Google DeepMind
$3.61T·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
Claude Fable 5Gemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3 Flash Preview
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +13.4
Claude Fable 5
59.9
Gemini 3.8 Flash
40.9
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
46.4
APEX-Agents
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads by +0.7
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
Claude Fable 5
63.6
Gemini 3.8 Flash
64.3
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
24.0
ARC-AGI
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
Claude Fable 5
98.5
Gemini 3.8 Flash
98.5
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
84.7
ARC-AGI-2
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
Claude Fable 5
89.2
Gemini 3.8 Flash
89.2
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
33.6
Chess Puzzles
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads by +11.6
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
Claude Fable 5
44.2
Gemini 3.8 Flash
55.8
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
38.0
Dtbench
Claude Fable 5 leads by +4.5
Claude Fable 5
97.3
Gemini 3.8 Flash
92.9
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
81.8
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
Claude Fable 5 leads by +68.3
Claude Fable 5
90.2
Gemini 3.8 Flash
21.9
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
17.1
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
Claude Fable 5 leads by +19.6
Claude Fable 5
91.6
Gemini 3.8 Flash
72.0
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
53.9
GeoBench
Claude Fable 5 leads by +1.0
GeoBench · tests geographic knowledge and spatial reasoning across countries, landmarks, coordinates, and geopolitical understanding.
Claude Fable 5
89.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
86.0
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
88.0
GPQA diamond
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads by +8.3
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
84.5
Gemini 3.8 Flash
97.8
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
89.4
Lmca
Claude Fable 5 leads by +9.7
Claude Fable 5
71.9
Gemini 3.8 Flash
62.2
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
50.7
Mystery Game Puzzles
Claude Fable 5 leads by +5.5
Claude Fable 5
47.1
Gemini 3.8 Flash
41.6
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
18.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Claude Fable 5 leads by +1.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Claude Fable 5
100.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
98.9
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
92.8
Proofbench
Claude Fable 5 leads by +47.0
Claude Fable 5
95.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
48.0
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
15.0
SimpleBench
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads by +0.6
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
Claude Fable 5
78.3
Gemini 3.8 Flash
78.9
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
53.3
SimpleQA Verified
Claude Fable 5 leads by +1.0
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
Claude Fable 5
70.7
Gemini 3.8 Flash
69.7
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
67.4
WeirdML
Claude Fable 5 leads by +7.1
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Claude Fable 5
91.9
Gemini 3.8 Flash
84.8
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
61.6
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +3.2
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
Claude Fable 5
52.8
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
49.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +33.9
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
Claude Fable 5
76.5
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
42.6
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Claude Fable 5 leads by +215.1
Claude Fable 5
1653.9
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
1438.9
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Claude Fable 5 leads by +34.9
Claude Fable 5
1507.6
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
1472.7
Deepswe
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads by +3.9
Claude Fable 5
69.9
Gemini 3.8 Flash
73.8
Frontiercode
Claude Fable 5 leads by +12.3
Claude Fable 5
53.5
Gemini 3.8 Flash
41.2
Frontierswe
Claude Fable 5 leads by +27.3
Claude Fable 5
47.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
19.6
Furniture Assembly
Claude Fable 5 leads by +6.0
Claude Fable 5
8.3
Gemini 3.8 Flash
2.4
GSO-Bench
Claude Fable 5 leads by +68.6
GSO-Bench · evaluates AI models on real-world open-source software engineering tasks, testing the ability to understand and resolve actual GitHub issues.
Claude Fable 5
78.4
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
9.8
Mirrorcode
Claude Fable 5 leads by +31.1
Claude Fable 5
70.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
38.9
Remote Labor Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +10.3
Claude Fable 5
16.1
Gemini 3.8 Flash
5.8
Surface Evolver Bench
Claude Fable 5 leads by +18.1
Claude Fable 5
95.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
76.9
WeirdML v3
Claude Fable 5 leads by +14.8
Claude Fable 5
31.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
16.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3 Flash Preview
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
59.940.946.4
APEX-Agents
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
63.664.324.0
ARC-AGI
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
98.598.584.7
ARC-AGI-2
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
89.289.233.6
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
44.255.838.0
Dtbench
97.392.981.8
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
90.221.917.1
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
91.672.053.9
GeoBench
GeoBench · tests geographic knowledge and spatial reasoning across countries, landmarks, coordinates, and geopolitical understanding.
89.086.088.0
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
84.597.889.4
Lmca
71.962.250.7
Mystery Game Puzzles
47.141.618.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
100.098.992.8
Proofbench
95.048.015.0
SimpleBench
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
78.378.953.3
SimpleQA Verified
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
70.769.767.4
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
91.984.861.6
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
52.8n/a49.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
76.5n/a42.6
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
1653.9n/a1438.9
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1507.6n/a1472.7
Deepswe
69.973.8n/a
Frontiercode
53.541.2n/a
Frontierswe
47.019.6n/a
Furniture Assembly
8.32.4n/a
GSO-Bench
GSO-Bench · evaluates AI models on real-world open-source software engineering tasks, testing the ability to understand and resolve actual GitHub issues.
78.4n/a9.8
Mirrorcode
70.038.9n/a
Remote Labor Index
16.15.8n/a
Surface Evolver Bench
95.076.9n/a
WeirdML v3
31.016.2n/a
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Anthropic logoClaude Fable 5$10.00$50.001.0M tokens (~500 books)$200.00
Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.8 Flash$0.82$4.131.0M tokens (~524 books)$16.50
Google DeepMind logoGemini 3 Flash Preview$0.50$3.001.0M tokens (~524 books)$11.25