Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning)
by Anthropic
Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) is a reasoning model from Anthropic, released on September 1, 2026. It has a 1M-token context window and can generate up to 128K output tokens. API pricing is $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens. It ranks #7 of 220 models by Intelligence Score with a score of 53.5.
Claude Fable 5.1 is Anthropic's generally available, production-safeguarded deployment of the same underlying weights as Claude Mythos 5.1 (trusted-access only via CVP/LSVP; not cataloged here). It targets demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work with text and image input, text output, multilingual and vision support, tool use, adaptive thinking always on (API/Claude Code default effort high; Cowork/claude.ai default medium), a 1M-token context window, and 128K max output on the sync Messages API. Reliable knowledge and training-data cutoffs are June 2026; comparative latency is slower than the rest of the current lineup. First-party pricing matches Fable 5 at $10/$50 per million input/output tokens, with cache reads cut to $0.25 per million tokens (0.025x base input, down from $1 / 0.1x on Fable 5); Anthropic estimates ~25% lower cost on typical workloads and ~45% on highly agentic ones. Self-reported launch benchmarks with production safeguards enabled include Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 52.6% (SE ±3.5–4.5 pts), Terminal-Bench 4.0 55.8%, GDPval-AA v2 1853 Elo, OSWorld 2.0 77.9% partial / 41.7% strict (August 2026 task release), Humanity's Last Exam 60.9% no tools / 65.0% with tools, AutomationBench 31.4%, and CursorBench 3.2.0 73.4%. Available on the Claude API as `claude-fable-5-1`.
Key specs
| Provider | Anthropic |
|---|---|
| Release date | 2026-09-01 |
| License | proprietary |
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens |
| Input price | $10 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $50 / 1M tokens |
| Intelligence Score | 53.5 |
| Coding index | 35.2 |
| Output speed | 17 tokens/s |
| Time to first token | 0.93 s |
Quick answers
What is the context window of Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning)?
Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) has a context window of 1M tokens, with a maximum output of 128K tokens per response.
How much does Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) cost?
Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) costs $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens through the API.
Is Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) open source?
No. Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) is a proprietary model from Anthropic (proprietary license).
When was Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) released?
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) on September 1, 2026.
How does Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) compare to Claude Opus 5.5 (Reasoning)?
Claude Fable 5.1 (Reasoning) scores 53.5 on the Intelligence Score versus 60.5 for Claude Opus 5.5 (Reasoning), the current #1. Input pricing is $10 vs $4 per 1M tokens.
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