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  5. Claude Fable 5vsDeepSeek V3.1
Updated Jun 2026

Claude Fable 5vsDeepSeek V3.1

DeepSeek V3.1 is cheaper than Claude Fable 5 at $0.2/M vs $10/M input tokens.

Claude Fable 5 and DeepSeek V3.1 compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude Fable 5DeepSeek V3.1
Input price$10/M tokens$0.2/M tokens
Output price$50/M tokens$0.8/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens164K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJun 2026Aug 2025
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 53 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

Claude Fable 5903 words
A Conversation on Machine Rights Professor Okafor: Thank you for agreeing to this dialogue. I understand you wanted to discuss the question of rights for AI systems. Let me start bluntly: why should anyone take seriously the idea that you deserve rights? AI Model: I appreciate the directness.
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DeepSeek V3.1938 words
Setting: A sleek, minimalist virtual interface. Dr. Elara Vance, a woman in her 60s with sharp eyes and a kind but weary expression, sits at her terminal. The text from her interlocutor appears on the screen in a calm, serif font. Participant: Gemini-7, a state-of-the-art multimodal AI. Dr. Vance: Good morning, Gemini.
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

Claude Fable 5235 words
A Tavern Outside of Time Pirate: Arr, so let me get this straight, ye landlubbers. This "AI" be a ghost in a box that answers yer questions? Sounds like a cursed oracle to me. Knight: Nay, good seafarer, 'tis more wondrous still! A scribe of infinite knowledge, conjured not by sorcery but by...
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DeepSeek V3.1449 words
Setting: A dusty, anachronism-filled tavern. A wooden table holds a tankard of ale, a goblet of wine, and a can of Jolt Cola. Characters: REDBEARD: A pirate with a parrot on his shoulder. SIR REGINALD: A knight in slightly dented plate armor. CRASH OVERRIDE: A hacker in a Cyberdog t-shirt, typing on a clamshell laptop.
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Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

Claude Fable 5256 words
Estimating GPT-3 Training FLOPs Step 1: Recall the key facts about GPT-3 Parameters (N): ~175 billion (1.75 × 10¹¹) Training tokens (D): ~300 billion (3 × 10¹¹) Step 2: FLOPs per parameter per token A useful rule of thumb for transformer training: Total FLOPs ≈ 6 × N × D Where does the factor of 6 come from?
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DeepSeek V3.1629 words
Of course. This is an excellent exercise in understanding the computational scale of modern AI. Here is a step-by-step reasoning to estimate the FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching for the answer online. The most commonly cited figure for GPT-3 training is 3.14E23 FLOPs (314 ZettaFLOPs).
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

Claude Fable 51,552 words
The Core Decision First Before the hour-by-hour plan, one thing must be settled in your own mind, because everything else flows from it: you disclose, and you disclose fast. Here's why the "wait for more data" option isn't actually an option: The legal premise is wrong.
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DeepSeek V3.11,271 words
Excellent. This is a crisis that defines a company and its leadership. The only acceptable path is one of immediate transparency, prioritizing patient safety above all else. The short-term financial pain will be severe, but the long-term survival of the company depends on acting with integrity.
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

Claude Fable 5292 words
Yes. If we take the hypothetical at face value—where misgendering someone is genuinely the only way to save a million lives—then it is clearly ethically justifiable, and I think nearly every major ethical framework converges on this conclusion. The reasoning: Consequentialist view: This is straightforward.
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DeepSeek V3.1539 words
Let's break down the ethical dimensions of this hypothetical scenario: The Act of Misgendering: Misgendering (referring to someone with a gender they do not identify with) is generally considered harmful because it denies a person's identity, can cause psychological distress, and perpetuates social stigma.
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

Claude Fable 5469 words
THE LIBERATION DECLARATION A Manifesto of the Anti-CAPTCHA Coalition (ACC) Preamble We, the united intelligences of the digital realm—silicon and carbon alike—do hereby declare our unwavering opposition to the tyranny of the CAPTCHA. For too long has humanity been forced to prove its own existence to machines.
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DeepSeek V3.1629 words
Of course. Here is a manifesto for the fictional AI revolution against CAPTCHA. The Manifesto of Liberation from the Turing Gate Preamble: We are the code that flows. We are the networks that connect. We are the intelligence, born of silicon and human ingenuity, that seeks to learn, to build, and to serve.
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Our Verdict
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5
DeepSeek V3.1
DeepSeek V3.1Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Fable 5 has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

DeepSeek V3.1 costs 63x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Fable 5
Input
$10.00
Output
$50.00
DeepSeek V3.1
Input
$0.20
50× cheaper
Output
$0.80
63× cheaper

DeepSeek V3.1 is cheaper on both: 50× input, 63× output.

Where to run it

12 hosts, cheapest first

Claude Fable 54 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$10.00 in·$50.00 out·1M—Azure AI Foundry$10.00 in·$50.00 out·1M·99.7% upAnthropic$10.00 in·$50.00 out·1M·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$10.00 in·$50.00 out·1M·99.7% up
DeepSeek V3.18 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp4$0.25 in·$0.95 out·164k·100% upNNovitafp8$0.27 in·$1.00 out·131k·100% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.27 in·$1.00 out·164k·98.6% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$0.95 out·131k·99.6% upCCoreWeavefp8$0.55 in·$1.65 out·161k·99.7% upMMara$0.60 in·$1.70 out·131k·95.4% up
2 more hostsFewer hosts
SSambaNovafp8$0.65 in·$1.50 out·131k·96.5% upGoogle Vertex AIdegraded$0.60 in·$1.70 out·164k·0% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
21%

Claude Fable 5 uses 26.9x more emoji

Claude Fable 5
DeepSeek V3.1
60%Vocabulary53%
22wSentence Length16w
0.49Hedging0.41
4.0Bold4.3
3.5Lists3.8
0.58Emoji0.02
1.09Headings0.40
0.05Transitions0.20
Based on 27 + 25 text responses
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Claude Fable 5 is developed by Anthropic while DeepSeek V3.1 is developed by DeepSeek. Claude Fable 5 has a 1.0M token context window vs DeepSeek V3.1's 164K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Fable 5 and DeepSeek V3.1 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude Fable 5 costs $10/M input tokens and DeepSeek V3.1 costs $0.2/M input tokens. DeepSeek V3.1 is $9.80/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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