Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Gemini 4 Argon (High) by Google? 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 (Low, Default Fallback)
Gemini 4 Argon (High) vs Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback): 6.5% less intelligence, 166.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 128.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback) | Gemini 4 Argon (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 53.9 | 50.4 | −6.5% Gemini 4 Argon (High) is 6.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,861.78 | $7,620.22 | +166.3% Gemini 4 Argon (High) is 2.7× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 24.94s | 56.86s | +128.0% Gemini 4 Argon (High) is 128.0% 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 (Low, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 54.60 for $1124.
- Gemini 4 Argon (High) 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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