# Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Claude Fable 5

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads Claude Fable 5 in 0 of 4 shared categories.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Claude Fable 5: $20 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: closed weights.

Claude Fable 5: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet in General LLM at #3 against #181.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Reasoning at #3 against #175.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Science at #56 against #119.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Long context at #3 against #163.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Aug 28, 2024; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is near state of the art, rank #3 in General LLM (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).