DeepSeek V3 is 49.6× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Claude Fable 5 has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 163,840 tokens, 6.1×). DeepSeek V3 is open-weights; the other is not.
Claude Fable 5 vs DeepSeek V3
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Claude Fable 5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-fable-5
DeepSeek V3open
DeepSeek · deepseek__deepseek-chat
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | deepseek__deepseek-chat |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | deepseek__deepseek-chat |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | deepseek__deepseek-chat |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 89.4 | — |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | deepseek__deepseek-chat |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $0.32 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $1.00 | — |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $50.00 | $0.89 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | deepseek__deepseek-chat |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 163,840 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 16,384 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | deepseek__deepseek-chat |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | text |
| Output | text | text |