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Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
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Winner summary
Claude Fable 5 wins on 5/5 benchmarks
Claude Fable 5 wins 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · arena.
Category leads
speed·Claude Fable 5arena·Claude Fable 5
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Fable 5
#12 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#5 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
22.3x better value than Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5
2.5 pts/$
$30.00/M
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
55.3 pts/$
$1.42/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
5 benchmarks · 2 models
Claude Fable 5Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +33.0
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
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
19.9
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +28.3
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
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
48.2
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +26.2
Claude Fable 5
59.9
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
33.7
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Claude Fable 5 leads by +259.4
Claude Fable 5
1653.9
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1394.5
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Claude Fable 5 leads by +63.9
Claude Fable 5
1507.6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1443.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
|---|---|---|
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?" | 52.8 | 19.9 |
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. | 76.5 | 48.2 |
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 59.9 | 33.7 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1653.9 | 1394.5 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1507.6 | 1443.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $50.00 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $200.00 | |
| $0.39 | $2.45 | 256K tokens (~128 books) | $9.01 |