Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B

Which is better for the money: Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.

Trade-off

AnthropicClaude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 53.40
Total cost: $13129

AlibabaQwen3.8 2.4T A95BOff the frontier

Intelligence: 39.90
Total cost: $2632

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback) scores 13.5 points higher (53.4 vs 39.9) but costs 5.0× as much to run the benchmark ($13129 vs $2632; both flagship class). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback) when you need intelligence above 39.9, and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B when 39.9 is enough.

Metric	Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback)	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	53.4	39.9	−25.3% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 25.3% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$13,128.86	$2,632.05	−80.0% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 80.0% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	251.24s	64.84s	−74.2% Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is 74.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$10.0 / $50.0	$2.00 / $6.00
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Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B vs Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback): 25.3% less intelligence, 80.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 74.2% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) scores 57.60 for $8708.
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.

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