What is the difference between Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 4.5?

Both are developed by Anthropic but target different use cases. You can compare their actual outputs across 10 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Claude Fable 5.1 or Claude Opus 4.5?

It depends on your use case. Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 4.5 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 10 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How can I compare Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 4.5 on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 4.5 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

Updated Sep 2026

Claude Fable 5.1vsClaude Opus 4.5

Claude Fable 5.1 is the newer model, released after Claude Opus 4.5.

Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 4.5 compared across 10 shared prompts
Spec	Claude Fable 5.1	Claude Opus 4.5
Input price	$10/M tokens	—
Output price	$50/M tokens	—
Context window	1.0M tokens	—
Weights	Closed	Closed
Free API (OpenRouter)	No	No
Released	Sep 2026	Nov 2025

Our Verdict

Claude Fable 5.1

Claude Opus 4.5

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Fable 5.1

Input

$10.00

Output

$50.00

Claude Opus 4.5

Input

—

Output

—

Where to run it

8 hosts

Claude Fable 5.14 hosts

HostInOutContextUptime

Amazon Bedrock$10.00 in$50.00 out1M—Anthropic$10.00 in$50.00 out1M99.1% up Azure AI Foundry$10.00 in$50.00 out1M99.1% up Google Vertex AI$10.00 in$50.00 out1M99.8% up

Claude Opus 4.54 hosts

HostInOutContextUptime

Amazon Bedrock$5.00 in$25.00 out200k100% up Azure AI Foundry$5.00 in$25.00 out200k100% up Anthropic$5.00 in$25.00 out200k99.9% up Google Vertex AI$5.00 in$25.00 out200k100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

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