Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Which is better for the money: Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallback) by Anthropic? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-11-10.
Depends on your budget
Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallb… scores 2.5 points higher (56.4 vs 53.9) but costs 1.2× as much to run the benchmark ($3360 vs $2862; both flagship class). Pick Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallb… when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback).
| Metric | Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) | Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallback) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 53.9 | 56.4 | +4.6% Claude Fable 5.2 (Med… is 4.6% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,861.78 | $3,359.66 | +17.4% Claude Fable 5.2 (Med… is 17.4% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 22.57s | 27.53s | +22.0% Claude Fable 5.2 (Med… is 22.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $8.00 / $40.0 | $8.00 / $40.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback): 4.6% more intelligence, 17.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 22.0% slower end-to-end.
Against the frontier
- Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 54.60 for $1124.
- Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallback) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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