Ling 3.0 Flash VL is 250.0× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Claude Fable 5 has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 131,072 tokens, 7.6×). Ling 3.0 Flash VL is open-weights; the other is not.
Claude Fable 5 vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL
Live catalog fields. Best-in-row is highlighted.
Claude Fable 5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-fable-5
Ling 3.0 Flash VLopen
inclusionAI · inclusionai__ling-3.0-flash-vl
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | inclusionai__ling-3.0-flash-vl |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | inclusionAI |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | inclusionai__ling-3.0-flash-vl |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | inclusionAI/Ling-3.0-flash-VL |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | inclusionai__ling-3.0-flash-vl |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 89.2 | — |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | inclusionai__ling-3.0-flash-vl |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $0.06 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $1.00 | $0.01 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $50.00 | $0.18 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | inclusionai__ling-3.0-flash-vl |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 131,072 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 32,768 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-fable-5 | inclusionai__ling-3.0-flash-vl |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |