Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) vs Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
Which is better for the money: Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) by Anthropic? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-11-10.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback)
Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback): 4.4% less intelligence, 25.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1785.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) | Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 61.8 | 59.1 | −4.4% Claude Opus 5.5 (Max,… is 4.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $7,105.77 | $8,909.67 | +25.4% Claude Opus 5.5 (Max,… is 25.4% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 36.05s | 679.82s | +1785.8% Claude Opus 5.5 (Max,… is 1785.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $8.00 / $40.0 | $4.00 / $20.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) scores 61.80 for $7106.
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