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Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 5

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Language Models · verified 13 Aug 2026

Claude Fable 5Anthropiccurrent
Claude Opus 5Anthropiccurrent
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SpecificationClaude Fable 5Claude Opus 5
SummaryMost capable widely released model, for the hardest reasoning and long-horizon agentic work.Complex agentic coding and enterprise work at half the cost of Fable 5.
Context1M1M
Input ($/Mtok)$10$5
Output ($/Mtok)$50$25
LicenceProprietaryProprietary
Max output128K128K
Released—24 Jul 2026
Model IDclaude-fable-5claude-opus-5
CategoryLanguage ModelsLanguage Models
OfficialAnthropic ↗Anthropic ↗

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Claude Fable 5

  • Thinking is always on — the `thinking` param is rejected
  • Raw chain of thought is never returned
  • Requires 30-day data retention; unavailable under ZDR

Best for the hardest problems.

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Claude Opus 5

  • Thinking on by default — a step change over Opus 4.8
  • 512-token prompt-cache minimum, down from 1024
  • Separate rate-limit bucket from the Opus 4.x pool

Best for agentic coding.

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