Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5

Claude Fable 5 is now live on claude.ai — twice the price of Opus, but outperforms it even at low reasoning settings.

Author: Michael Kokin ·

Claude Fable 5 is now available on claude.ai.

From the technical report: the model is twice the price of Opus, but even at low reasoning settings it consistently outperforms it.

Why it matters

Opus was Anthropic's previous flagship — the benchmark for tasks requiring maximum accuracy. Fable 5 beating it even at low reasoning means this is a structurally stronger model, not just one that "thinks longer." The price is double that of Opus.

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