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Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

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Winner summary

Claude Fable 5 wins 15 of 28 shared benchmarks. Leads in reasoning · coding · math.

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Hype vs Reality
Claude Fable 5
#27 by perf·#12 by attention
UNDERRATED
Claude Opus 5
#21 by perf·#9 by attention
DESERVED
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
#137 by perf·#5 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
1.5x better value than Claude Opus 5
Claude Fable 5
2.3 pts/$
$30.00/M
Claude Opus 5
4.6 pts/$
$15.00/M
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
6.9 pts/$
$7.00/M
Vendor risk
Anthropic logo
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Anthropic logo
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Google DeepMind logo
Google DeepMind
$4.20T·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
Claude Fable 5Claude Opus 5Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
APEX-Agents
Claude Opus 5 leads by +2.2
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
Claude Opus 5
65.8
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
35.3
ARC-AGI
Claude Fable 5 leads by +0.5
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
Claude Opus 5
97.5
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
98.0
ARC-AGI-2
Claude Opus 5 leads by +1.3
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
Claude Opus 5
90.4
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
77.1
Chess Puzzles
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads by +13.7
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
Claude Fable 5
37.9
Claude Opus 5
39.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
52.6
Deepswe
Claude Opus 5 leads by +3.7
Claude Fable 5
69.9
Claude Opus 5
73.7
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
11.7
Dtbench
Claude Fable 5 leads by +0.9
Claude Fable 5
97.3
Claude Opus 5
96.5
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
95.1
Ebr Bench
Claude Opus 5 leads by +6.2
Claude Fable 5
39.5
Claude Opus 5
45.7
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
14.3
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
Claude Fable 5 leads by +17.0
Claude Fable 5
90.2
Claude Opus 5
73.2
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
26.8
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
Claude Fable 5 leads by +1.4
Claude Fable 5
87.0
Claude Opus 5
85.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
59.6
Furniture Assembly
Claude Opus 5 leads by +35.7
Claude Fable 5
8.3
Claude Opus 5
44.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
0.0
GPQA diamond
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads by +0.8
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
81.1
Claude Opus 5
91.8
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
92.6
Lmca
Claude Opus 5 leads by +3.9
Claude Fable 5
71.9
Claude Opus 5
75.8
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
63.3
Mystery Game Puzzles
Claude Opus 5 leads by +7.7
Claude Fable 5
47.1
Claude Opus 5
54.8
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
27.3
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
Claude Opus 5
98.9
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
95.6
PostTrainBench
Claude Fable 5 leads by +6.8
Claude Fable 5
41.8
Claude Opus 5
35.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
22.0
Proofbench
Claude Opus 5 leads by +4.0
Claude Fable 5
95.0
Claude Opus 5
99.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
26.0
SimpleBench
Claude Fable 5 leads by +1.6
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
Claude Fable 5
78.3
Claude Opus 5
76.7
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
75.5
SimpleQA Verified
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads by +2.8
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
Claude Opus 5
59.9
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
73.5
WeirdML
Claude Fable 5 leads by +0.2
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Claude Fable 5
91.9
Claude Opus 5
91.8
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
72.1
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +31.4
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 3.1 Pro Preview
21.4
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +7.7
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 3.1 Pro Preview
68.8
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Claude Fable 5 leads by +30.1
Claude Fable 5
59.9
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
29.7
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Claude Fable 5 leads by +207.7
Claude Fable 5
1653.9
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
1446.2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Claude Fable 5 leads by +20.6
Claude Fable 5
1507.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
1487.0
Balrog
Claude Opus 5 leads by +6.4
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
Claude Opus 5
63.4
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
57.0
Frontiercode
Claude Fable 5 leads by +0.1
Claude Fable 5
53.5
Claude Opus 5
53.4
Frontierswe
Claude Opus 5 leads by +5.0
Claude Fable 5
47.0
Claude Opus 5
52.0
Mirrorcode
Claude Fable 5 leads by +55.0
Claude Fable 5
63.9
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
8.9
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Claude Opus 5Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
APEX-Agents
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
63.665.835.3
ARC-AGI
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
98.597.598.0
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.
89.290.477.1
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
37.939.052.6
Deepswe
69.973.711.7
Dtbench
97.396.595.1
Ebr Bench
39.545.714.3
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
90.273.226.8
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
87.085.659.6
Furniture Assembly
8.344.00.0
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
81.191.892.6
Lmca
71.975.863.3
Mystery Game Puzzles
47.154.827.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
100.098.995.6
PostTrainBench
41.835.022.0
Proofbench
95.099.026.0
SimpleBench
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
78.376.775.5
SimpleQA Verified
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
70.759.973.5
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
91.991.872.1
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—21.4
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—68.8
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
59.9—29.7
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
1653.9—1446.2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1507.6—1487.0
Balrog
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
—63.457.0
Frontiercode
53.553.4—
Frontierswe
47.052.0—
Mirrorcode
63.9—8.9
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
Anthropic logoClaude Opus 5$5.00$25.001.0M tokens (~500 books)$100.00
Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.1 Pro Preview$2.00$12.001.0M tokens (~524 books)$45.00