# Claude Fable 5 vs DeepSeek V3

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads DeepSeek V3 in 3 of 3 shared categories: General LLM, Science, and Long context.

Claude Fable 5: $20 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek V3: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Claude Fable 5: closed weights.

DeepSeek V3: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads DeepSeek V3 in General LLM at #3 against #12.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads DeepSeek V3 in Science at #56 against #114.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads DeepSeek V3 in Long context at #3 against #185.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is near state of the art, rank #3 in General LLM (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V3 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Jan 5, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).