Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback)Off the frontier
Intelligence
53.40
Total cost
$13129
AlibabaQwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.60
Total cost
-
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.

MetricClaude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback)Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.47.6−85.8% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 85.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$13,128.86Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)224.26s19.88s−91.1% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 91.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$10.0 / $50.0$0.14 / $0.55
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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