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Claude Fable 5 (medium) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (high)

Claude Fable 5 (medium) leads on average score with 8.6 vs 8.5. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (high) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.287 vs $3.004. Claude Fable 5 (medium) is faster at 15.01s vs 32.78s, with pass rates of 78.8% vs 74.2%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-10

Compared models

Rank
#47
Total Output Tokens
42,146
Response Time (avg)
15.01s
Total Cost
$3.004
Rank
#52
Total Output Tokens
452,940
Response Time (avg)
32.78s
Total Cost
$0.287
Recommended model DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (high)

Its score stays close to the best score here (8.5 vs 8.6), while costing about 10.5x less than Claude Fable 5 (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Claude Fable 5 Claude Fable 5 medium Release: 2026-06-10 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek V4.1 Flash high Release: 2026-09-10
Score 8.6 8.5
Rank #47 #52
Reliability 10.0 9.6
Consistency 9.6 8.9
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 78.8% 74.2%
Flaky tests 1 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 17.669 1.912
Total Cost $3.004 $0.287
Input Price $10.000 / 1M $0.150 / 1M
Output Price $50.000 / 1M $0.600 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 89,640 100,111
Output Tokens 33,092 6,642
Reasoning Tokens 9,054 446,298
Response Time (avg) 15.01s 32.78s
Response Time (max) 80.80s 205.53s
Response Time (total) 330.15s 721.15s
Parameters ~9.5T total (~878B active) 748B total (16B active)
Availability Closed Open source

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#47 Claude Fable 5

medium
Cost
$0.606
Time
156.7s
Tokens
12,264 tok

#52 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

high
Cost
$0.035
Time
111.0s
Tokens
29,201 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Fable 5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 15.59s 10,590 7,383 1,318
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 49.19s 7,509 376 108,285

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