What is the difference between Claude Fable 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3?

Claude Fable 5.1 is developed by Anthropic while Mistral Medium 3 is developed by Mistral AI. Claude Fable 5.1 has a 1.0M token context window vs Mistral Medium 3's 131K. 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 Mistral Medium 3?

It depends on your use case. Claude Fable 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3 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 much does Claude Fable 5.1 cost compared to Mistral Medium 3?

Claude Fable 5.1 costs $10/M input tokens and Mistral Medium 3 costs $0.4/M input tokens. Mistral Medium 3 is $9.60/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Claude Fable 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3 on Rival?

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude Fable 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3 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 5.1vsMistral Medium 3

Mistral Medium 3 is cheaper than Claude Fable 5.1 at $0.4/M vs $10/M input tokens.

Claude Fable 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3 compared across 10 shared prompts
Spec	Claude Fable 5.1	Mistral Medium 3
Input price	$10/M tokens	$0.4/M tokens
Output price	$50/M tokens	$2/M tokens
Context window	1.0M tokens	131K tokens
Weights	Closed	—
Free API (OpenRouter)	No	No
Released	Sep 2026	May 2025

Our Verdict

Claude Fable 5.1

Mistral Medium 3Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Fable 5.1 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.

Mistral Medium 3 costs 25x less per token.

Slight edge

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Fable 5.1

Input

$10.00

Output

$50.00

Mistral Medium 3

Input

$0.40

25× cheaper

Output

$2.00

25× cheaper

Mistral Medium 3 is cheaper on both: 25× input, 25× output.

Where to run it

5 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

Mistral Medium 31 host

HostInOutContextUptime

Mistral$0.40 in$2.00 out131k99.4% up

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

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