Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
Which is better for the money: Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Claude Sonnet 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 Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback): 11.8% less intelligence, 12.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1401.4% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 61.8 | 54.5 | −11.8% Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Ma… is 11.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $7,105.77 | $7,980.63 | +12.3% Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Ma… is 12.3% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 36.05s | 541.26s | +1401.4% Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Ma… is 1401.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $8.00 / $40.0 | $2.00 / $10.0 | |
| 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 Sonnet 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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