# Claude Fable 5.1 vs Inkling

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Inkling 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.

Inkling: $1.7625 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5.1: closed weights.

Inkling: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Inkling in General LLM at #6 against #88.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Inkling in Reasoning at #5 against #85.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Inkling in Coding › Web dev at #5 against #74.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Inkling in Long context at #6 against #105.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 leads Inkling in Factuality at #1 against #58.

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, Inkling is ranked #58 in Factuality (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text factuality; methodology v1.0).