Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max)

Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback) vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
61.80
Total cost
$7106
DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
-
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 5.2 (High, Default Fallback)DeepSeek V4 Flash 0420 (Max)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)36.05s83.96s+132.9% DeepSeek V4 Flash 042… is 132.9% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$8.00 / $40.0$0.11 / $0.23
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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