Claude Fable 5.1 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)

Claude Fable 5.1 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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

MetricClaude Fable 5.1 (Medium, Default Fallback)Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)48.916.7−65.8% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reas… is 65.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$3,983.28Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)18.10s27.17s+50.1% Gemma 4 26B A4B (Reas… is 50.1% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$10.0 / $50.0$0.10 / $0.34
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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