Apertus 8B Instruct vs Claude Fable 5 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback)

Apertus 8B Instruct vs Claude Fable 5 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Swiss AI InitiativeApertus 8B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
4.80
Total cost
-
AnthropicClaude Fable 5 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback)Off the frontier
Intelligence
49.60
Total cost
$11161
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricApertus 8B InstructClaude Fable 5 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)4.849.6+933.3% Claude Fable 5 (Max, … is 10× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$11,160.86— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.20s77.70s+979.2% Claude Fable 5 (Max, … is 979.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.20$10.0 / $50.0
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