Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) vs Claude Opus 5 (Medium)

Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) vs Claude Opus 5 (Medium). 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 5.2 (High, Default Fallback)Claude Opus 5 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)61.8Not reported— not comparable
Total AA cost (lower is better)$7,105.77Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)35.25s14.87s−57.8% Claude Opus 5 (Medium) is 57.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$8.00 / $40.0$5.00 / $25.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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