# Claude Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Gemini 3 Flash Preview in 2 of 2 shared categories: Vision and Abstraction (ARC).

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

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $1.125 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5.1: closed weights.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: closed weights.

- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Gemini 3 Flash Preview in Vision at #6 against #31.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Gemini 3 Flash Preview in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #25.

As of Oct 14, 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 14, 2026, Gemini 3 Flash Preview is ranked #25 in Abstraction (ARC) (since Oct 14, 2026; sources ARC-AGI; methodology v1.0).