# Claude Fable 5.1 vs Hy3

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Hy3 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Factuality.

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

Hy3: $0.144375 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5.1: closed weights.

Hy3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Hy3 in General LLM at #6 against #52.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Hy3 in Reasoning at #5 against #52.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Hy3 in Coding › Web dev at #5 against #47.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Hy3 in Long context at #6 against #52.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Hy3 in Factuality at #1 against #61.

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, Hy3 is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).