# Claude Fable 5.1 vs DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus in 3 of 3 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, and Long context.

Claude Fable 5.1: $20 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus: $0.4525 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5.1: closed weights.

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus in General LLM at #6 against #128.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus in Reasoning at #5 against #142.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus in Long context at #6 against #133.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 is tied for state of the art in Factuality (since Oct 2, 2026; sources LMArena Text factuality; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus is ranked #128 in General LLM (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).