Claude Fable 5
Claude Haiku 4.5
Decision Recommendation
⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Claude Fable 5 is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 40.8% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: Claude Haiku 4.5 is 10.0x cheaper to run and delivers 1.6x faster throughput. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, Claude Haiku 4.5 offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Claude Fable 5 fully justifies the cost.
Claude Fable 5
Benchmarks & Scores
Cost & Performance
Claude Haiku 4.5
Benchmarks & Scores
Cost & Performance
Frequently Asked Questions
Claude Haiku 4.5 is cheaper than Claude Fable 5. Claude Haiku 4.5 has a blended cost of $2.00/1M tokens, which is about 10.0x cheaper than Claude Fable 5 at $20.00/1M tokens.
Claude Haiku 4.5 is faster than Claude Fable 5. Claude Haiku 4.5 generates 98.5 tokens per second (tps) compared to Claude Fable 5 which generates 60.3 tokens per second.
Claude Fable 5 is better for coding tasks. It scores 80.3% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to Claude Haiku 4.5 which scores 39.5%.
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