# Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.4

As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GPT-5.4 in 5 of 7 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

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

GPT-5.4: $5.625 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Fable 5: closed weights.

GPT-5.4: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GPT-5.4 in General LLM at #3 against #28.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GPT-5.4 in Reasoning at #3 against #29.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads Claude Fable 5 in Science at #16 against #56.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GPT-5.4 in Coding › Web dev at #17 against #55.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GPT-5.4 in Long context at #3 against #34.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5.4 leads Claude Fable 5 in Factuality at #6 against #7.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Fable 5 leads GPT-5.4 in Abstraction (ARC) at #1 against #10.

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, GPT-5.4 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Apr 10, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).