tokevenClaude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 is Claude's most capable model, priced at $10.00/MTok input and $50.00/MTok output with a 1,000K context window.
Input $/MTok
$10.00
Output $/MTok
$50.00
Context window
1,000K
Cache read discount
90% off
Claude Fable 5 pricing breakdown
| Rate | Input $/MTok | Output $/MTok |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Cached read (90% off input) | $1.00 | - |
| Cached write (25% surcharge) | $12.50 | - |
| Batch (50% off) | $5.00 | $25.00 |
All rates in USD per million tokens. Prices verified against provider documentation.
Claude Fable 5 task benchmarks
Confidence scores (0-100) and cross-provider rank for each task type. Rank 1 is best across all 20 models.
| Task | Confidence | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Code Generation | 96/100 | #1 |
| Code Review | 95/100 | #1 |
| Summarization | 90/100 | #3 |
| Q&A | 88/100 | #4 |
| Extraction | 85/100 | #4 |
| Reasoning | 98/100 | #1 |
| Classification | 82/100 | #5 |
| Creative Writing | 95/100 | #1 |
Claude Fable 5 cost by use case
Estimated cost per API call using default token counts for each workload.
| Use case | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code Generation | 2,000 | 4,000 | $0.2200 |
| Unit Test Generation | 3,000 | 5,000 | $0.2800 |
| SQL Generation | 1,500 | 1,000 | $0.0650 |
| API Generation | 3,000 | 6,000 | $0.3300 |
| Code Refactoring | 4,000 | 4,000 | $0.2400 |
| Code Review | 5,000 | 2,000 | $0.1500 |
| PR Review | 8,000 | 3,000 | $0.2300 |
| Security Review | 6,000 | 2,500 | $0.1850 |
| Bug Detection | 5,000 | 2,000 | $0.1500 |
| Document Summarization | 10,000 | 1,000 | $0.1500 |
| PDF Summarization | 15,000 | 1,500 | $0.2250 |
| Meeting Notes | 8,000 | 2,000 | $0.1800 |
Monthly cost projections
Projected monthly spend at different call volumes, using code generation as a representative workload (2,000 input / 4,000 output tokens per call).
| Calls / month | Without caching | With caching (90% read discount) |
|---|---|---|
| 1K | $220 | $207.4 |
| 10K | $2,200 | $2,074 |
| 100K | $22,000 | $20,740 |
| 500K | $110,000 | $103,700 |
| 1M | $220,000 | $207,400 |
Caching estimate assumes 70% of input tokens are cache reads. Your actual cache hit rate will depend on prompt structure and reuse.
Flagship alternatives to Claude Fable 5
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.6 | Grok | $2.00 | $6.00 | 80% cheaper |
| Grok 4.5 | Grok | $2.00 | $6.00 | 80% cheaper |
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| GPT 5.5 | GPT | $5.00 | $30.00 | 50% cheaper |
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Claude Fable 5 pricing history
Input launched
$10.00/MTok at launch
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