Claude Sonnet 5.5 is 5.0× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads quality index by 5.3 points (93.2 vs 87.9).
Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5
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Claude Fable 5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-fable-5
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-sonnet-5.5
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-5.5 |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | — |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 87.9 | 93.2 |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $2.00 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $1.00 | $0.20 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $50.00 | $10.00 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 128,000 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | anthropic__claude-sonnet-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | text, image, file |
| Output | text | text |