# Claude Fable 5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro in 7 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

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

Gemini 2.5 Pro: $3.4375000000000004 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5: closed weights.

Gemini 2.5 Pro: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro in General LLM at #3 against #61.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro in Reasoning at #3 against #73.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro in Science at #56 against #58.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro in Coding › Web dev at #17 against #105.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro in Long context at #3 against #58.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro in Factuality at #7 against #33.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro in Abstraction (ARC) at #1 against #48.

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 Pro is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Oct 17, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).