# Claude Fable 5 vs GLM 5

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5 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: $1.55 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5: closed weights.

GLM 5: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5 in General LLM at #3 against #56.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5 in Reasoning at #3 against #59.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5 leads Claude Fable 5 in Science at #47 against #56.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5 in Coding › Web dev at #19 against #68.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5 in Long context at #3 against #55.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5 in Factuality at #7 against #55.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GLM 5 in Abstraction (ARC) at #1 against #47.

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 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Apr 2, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).