# Claude Fable 5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in 4 of 4 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Long context, and Factuality.

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.85 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5: closed weights.

Gemini 2.5 Flash: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in General LLM at #3 against #108.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in Reasoning at #3 against #114.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in Long context at #3 against #104.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash in Factuality at #7 against #72.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is near state of the art, rank #3 in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 2.5 Flash is ranked #72 in Factuality (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text factuality; methodology v1.0).