Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 4.7
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
Claude Fable 5
Anthropic · Jun 2026
The first GA model of Anthropic's Mythos class — a tier above Opus — and the current SWE-bench Verified leader, at $10/$50 per 1M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic · Mar 2026
The early-2026 Opus release that pushed SWE-bench past 82% and extended the 1M context to the whole Opus line.
The verdict
Claude Fable 5 wins 1 of the 1 benchmarks these models share, against 0 for Claude Opus 4.7. Claude Opus 4.7 is about 2.0x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix).
Benchmark head-to-head 1–0
Specs & pricing
| Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $10 | $5 |
| Output price / 1M | $50 | $25 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 64K |
| Open weights | no | no |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Multimodal input | text, image | text, image |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2026 | Nov 2025 |
| Released | Jun 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Example monthly cost* | $175.00 | $87.50 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Opus 4.7?
- Claude Fable 5 wins 1 of the 1 benchmarks these models share, against 0 for Claude Opus 4.7. Claude Opus 4.7 is about 2.0x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix).
- Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Opus 4.7?
- Claude Fable 5 costs $10/$50 per million input/output tokens, while Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5/$25. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $175.00 versus $87.50.
- Which model is better for coding, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Opus 4.7?
- On SWE-bench Verified — the standard agentic-coding benchmark — Claude Fable 5 scores ~95% versus 82% for Claude Opus 4.7, making Claude Fable 5 the stronger pick for coding agents.
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