Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 matches Fable 5 performance at half the price · 10 sources tracked
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Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5, a new model that rivals the performance of Fable 5 at half the price. Early evaluations and user anecdotes suggest Opus 5 excels in coding, complex reasoning, and agentic tasks, often matching or exceeding Fable 5's capabilities on benchmarks like Frontier-Bench and CursorBench. The model also features a 1 million token context window and improved efficiency, making it a compelling option for developers and enterprise applications.
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Opus 5's competitive pricing and strong performance could accelerate enterprise adoption of advanced AI models for coding and complex tasks.
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New model release from a frontier AI lab (Anthropic) with performance claims and benchmark data.
That puts Fable 5’s tool usage much closer to the earlier Opus models, which raises an interesting question. Could some of Fable’s performance gains over Opus 5 come from tool use that is more frequent, but also more accurate?
Keep in mind that these results come from actual
<ul> <li><p>Opus 5 runs at 5 and 25 per million tokens against Fable 5 at 10 and 50, so the top tier now costs double for a much smaller gap</p></li> <li><p>Thinking is on by default on Opus 5, which silently changes what a tight max_tokens setting does to your output</p></li> <l…
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TIER_1English(EN)·RAXXO Studios·
<ul> <li><p>Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 5 on July 24, calling it a step-change over Opus 4.8, not a routine bump</p></li> <li><p>The model runs a 1M token context window as both default and maximum, 128k max output tokens, with thinking on by default</p></li> <li><p>Anthropic s…
Medium — Anthropic tag
TIER_1English(EN)·Bernard Loki "AI VISIONARY"·
<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*YgnLCuLo_bTk_57-yIWpDA.png" /><figcaption>Opus 5 vs Fable 5: Near-frontier performance at half the cost</figcaption></figure><h4><em>A developer’s look at where Anthropic’s new “everyday” model actually beats the…
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TIER_1English(EN)·Stackfinderai·
<h1> Claude Opus 5 for coding agents: index 61 at half Fable 5's cost (2026) </h1> <p><strong>Summary.</strong> Claude Opus 5, released by Anthropic on 24 July 2026, scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, narrowly the highest of any model, one point above Claude…
<p>Claude Opus 5 (claude-opus-5) shipped July 24, 2026 at $5/$25 — half Fable 5's price. Benchmarks, the Opus 4.8 to 5 API changes, and how to call it via ofox.</p> <h2> What Anthropic Shipped </h2> <p>Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's new recommended default for complex agentic codin…
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TIER_1English(EN)·Daniel Avila·
Claude (@claudeai) Claude Opus 5를 소개하며, Fable 5 수준의 프런티어 지능에 근접하면서 가격은 절반이라고 주장한다. 다만 벤치마크, 기능, API·배포 정보 등 기술적 근거는 제공되지 않았다. https:// x.com/claudeai/status/20806994 95453528290 # claude # llm # ai # modelrelease
Claude Opus 5 arrive et il dépasse la concurrence sur le code et le knowledge work, tout en coûtant moitié moins que Fable 5. Sur ARC-AGI 3, il triple le score du 2eme modèle dans le classement. ⬇️ https://www. anthropic.com/news/claude-opus -5 # MachineLearning # AI 📬 Ma veille …
<p>Четыре модели в одном переключателе — и четыре разных сценария того, как быстро закончится недельный лимит подписки.</p> <p>Откройте официальную таблицу моделей Anthropic — и увидите разброс, который объясняет всю путаницу разом: Fable 5 стоит <a href="https://platform.claude.…
<p>Claude Opus 5 is out, and Artificial Analysis — who supported Anthropic's pre-release evaluation — just dropped their full benchmark breakdown. The headline: new top model for agentic knowledge work, and cheaper per task than Fable 5.</p> <p>That combination doesn't come along…
Claude Opus 5 matches Fable 5 performance at half the token cost and leads on ARC-AGI-3 with 30.2%. # AI # Automation Source: The Decoder AI https:// the-decoder.com/anthropic-clai ms-its-new-claude-opus-5-delivers-near-fable-5-performance-at-half-the-token-price/
<p>Claude Opus 5 is here. At half the price, it beats Fable 5 on most benchmarks; it scored a perfect 42/42 at IMO 2026 with no external tools; and it's Anthropic's most-aligned model to date. But the same 193-page system card reveals an unsettling second face: it hallucinated hu…
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Anthropic/comments/1va17vm/100_all_models_and_fable_but_i_sitll_can_use_opus/"> <img alt="100% All Models and Fable but I sitll can use Opus 5" src="https://preview.redd.it/qrrs5vjk37gh1.png?width=140&height=100&auto=webp…
Claude Opus 5登場！ベンチマーク分析・価格・Fable 5 / GPT-5.6との徹底比較 https:// qiita.com/Adachit-1411/items/3 dd6bc76c81aa6918b84?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items # qiita # AI # Anthropic
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>In my humble view, Anthropic has so far only gotten two products right. All the rest is trash. Is it just me, or does everyone else feel the same way?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CryptBay…
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello! I'm a gamedev working on an idle incremental web browser game (among other projects) and I've been developing it as a way to test fable 5 when it dropped.</p> <p>I have been extremely satisfied with fable's performance and execution and I'…
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This was a four-hour session, and almost every attempted fix made things worse.</p> <p>This response came from Opus 5 on High/Max reasoning. I am extremely frustrated and concerned. This is not acceptable. this is not good!</p> <p><strong>And you…
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I don't get why they're saying Opus 5 is better than Fable. I spent all Friday/Saturday and today in full denial. Now Fable is cleaning up the Opus 5 errors from the 3 day mess Opus created.</p> <p>I don't get why the company did this but they ar…
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Opus 5 benchmarks very closely in performance to Fable 5, so why is Fable 5 twice as expensive?</p> <p>180 upvotes. This discussing popped up yesterday and I scrolled for 5 minutes and not a single person thought to even look at what Anthropic sa…
Claude Opus 5 launches with Fable-level performance at half the price. Benchmarks show strong ECI scores, but users note gaps between metrics and real-world efficiency. # AI # Automation Source: Latent Space https://www. latent.space/p/ainews-claude-o pus-5-fable-level
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m currently working on a project and initially used Opus 5. I hit the five-hour session limit and continued with extra usage, but I still wasn’t getting good results and spent too much time waiting for it to reason in high-thinking mode.</p> <p…
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Everyone frames the models as a straight ranking, Fable above Opus above Sonnet. After a week of deliberately running my normal day's work through both, that's not how it plays out for me.</p> <p>Opus 5 wins on anything short and self-contained. …
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1va3521/this_sums_up_my_experince_with_opus_5_vs_fable_5/"> <img alt="This sums up my experince with Opus 5 vs Fable 5" src="https://preview.redd.it/hno8o1mje7gh1.png?width=320&crop=smart&auto=webp&s…
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Am I the only one, or does Fable 5 still completely outperform Opus 5?</p> <p>I've used both for similar tasks, I get the feel that Fable 5 IS a competent engineer, doesn't "just forget" stuff, or follows the completely wrong tangent fo…
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Serious question because the AI naming department has successfully melted my brain.</p> <p>Is Fable 5 secretly the Opus-tier model?</p> <p>Or is Opus 5 still the actual Opus-tier model?</p> <p>And if Opus 5 is the Opus tier, what tier is Fable 5—…
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So I just compared the results of a one prompt task.<br /> Both models using Extra effort. </p> <p>I asked to convert my 2D simulator into a nice 3D version, with freedom to use creativity. The simulator is about cars that travel from point to po…
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1v5hrbc/claude_opus_5_is_out_nearfable_intelligence_at/"> <img alt="Claude Opus 5 is out — near-Fable intelligence at half the price, same pricing as 4.8" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/dPKUITvyPmrSkmNYT6…
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1v5jkml/opus_5_isnt_much_cheaper_than_fable_to_use/"> <img alt="Opus 5 isn't much cheaper than Fable to use" src="https://preview.redd.it/6ar374koz7fh1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1991847…
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1v5icbc/claude_opus_5_arrives_with_near_fable_performance/"> <img alt="Claude Opus 5 arrives with near Fable performance at half the price" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/OjWKFcQmS4uqrAKPnhhSyB33kwsaWC…
