Claude Fable 5.2 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low)
Which is better for the money: Claude Fable 5.2 (Max, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) 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 (Max, Default Fallback) scores 46.0 points higher (64.6 vs 18.6) but costs 560× as much to run the benchmark ($22191 vs $39.6; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Fable 5.2 (Max, Default Fallback) when you need intelligence above 18.6, and Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) when 18.6 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Fable 5.2 (Max, Default Fallback) | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 64.6 | 18.6 | −71.2% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) is 71.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $22,191.42 | $39.60 | −99.8% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) is 99.8% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 258.66s | 12.13s | −95.3% Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) is 95.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $8.00 / $40.0 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) vs Claude Fable 5.2 (Max, Default Fallback): 71.2% less intelligence, 99.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 95.3% faster end-to-end.
Against the frontier
- Claude Fable 5.2 (Max, Default Fallback) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Low) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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