# Claude Fable 5 vs GLM 5.2

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5.2 in 6 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

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

GLM 5.2: $1.7799999999999998 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5: closed weights.

GLM 5.2: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5.2 in General LLM at #3 against #28.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5.2 in Reasoning at #3 against #33.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.2 leads Claude Fable 5 in Science at #23 against #56.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5.2 in Coding › Web dev at #19 against #25.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5.2 in Long context at #3 against #28.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5.2 in Factuality at #7 against #35.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5.2 in Abstraction (ARC) at #1 against #29.

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, GLM 5.2 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Jun 18, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).