Claude Fable 5 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

Claude Fable 5 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B. 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 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback)Off the frontier
Intelligence
49.60
Total cost
$11161
AlibabaQwen2.5 Instruct 72BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.70
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 (Max, Opus 4.8 Fallback)Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)49.67.7−84.5% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 84.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$11,160.86Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)109.25s23.76s−78.3% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 78.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$10.0 / $50.0$0.47 / $0.49
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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