# Claude Fable 5.1 vs GPT-4.1 Mini

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads GPT-4.1 Mini in 4 of 4 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

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

GPT-4.1 Mini: $0.7 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5.1: closed weights.

GPT-4.1 Mini: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads GPT-4.1 Mini in General LLM at #6 against #134.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Reasoning at #5 against #132.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Long context at #6 against #131.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #3 against #89.

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, GPT-4.1 Mini is ranked #89 in Abstraction (ARC) (since Oct 14, 2026; sources ARC-AGI; methodology v1.0).