Claude Fable 5 vs
Qwen3.8 Max

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Supported evidence
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Evidence state
Supported evidence
Published context
1,000,000

Key implications

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  1. On Coding, Claude Fable 5 has a higher supported BenchLM score (81.41 vs 65.78).
  2. On Overall, Claude Fable 5 has a higher supported BenchLM score (83.15 vs 79.22).
  3. On Knowledge, Claude Fable 5 has a higher supported BenchLM score (67.4 vs 64.7).
  4. On Agentic, Claude Fable 5 has a higher supported BenchLM score (75.54 vs 75.17).

Shared metric view

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Per-axis relative view: each axis scales to the higher published value for that exact shared metric. The table preserves the exact published values and units.
  • Claude Fable 5: solid line
  • Qwen3.8 Max: dashed line
Claude Fable 5 and Qwen3.8 Max shared metric radarAgenticCodingKnowledgeOverall
Exact published values used in the per-axis relative radar chart.
MetricClaude Fable 5Qwen3.8 MaxUnit
Agentic75.5475.17score
Coding81.4165.78score
Knowledge67.464.7score
Overall83.1579.22score

Source metrics

Friendly metric names and published units stay visible. Missing measurements remain unavailable rather than becoming a score.

Source metric comparison
MetricUnitClaude Fable 5Qwen3.8 Max
Agenticscore75.5475.17
Codingscore81.4165.78
InstructionFollowingscoreUnavailable93.9
Knowledgescore67.464.7
MultimodalGroundedscore60.887.1
ReasoningscoreUnavailable95.5
Overallscore83.1579.22

Agentic

Unit
score
Claude Fable 5
75.54
Qwen3.8 Max
75.17

Coding

Unit
score
Claude Fable 5
81.41
Qwen3.8 Max
65.78

InstructionFollowing

Unit
score
Claude Fable 5
Unavailable
Qwen3.8 Max
93.9

Knowledge

Unit
score
Claude Fable 5
67.4
Qwen3.8 Max
64.7

MultimodalGrounded

Unit
score
Claude Fable 5
60.8
Qwen3.8 Max
87.1

Reasoning

Unit
score
Claude Fable 5
Unavailable
Qwen3.8 Max
95.5

Overall

Unit
score
Claude Fable 5
83.15
Qwen3.8 Max
79.22

Pricing and context

Verification is shown beside each selected route. Missing facts remain Not verified.

Route pricing and context comparison
FieldUnitClaude Fable 5Qwen3.8 Max
Input API priceUSD / 1M tokens$10Not verified
Cached input API priceUSD / 1M tokens$1Not verified
Output API priceUSD / 1M tokens$50Not verified
Route contexttokens1,000,000Not verified
Input modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified
Output modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified

Input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Fable 5
$10
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Cached input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Fable 5
$1
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Output API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
Claude Fable 5
$50
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Route context

Unit
tokens
Claude Fable 5
1,000,000
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Input modalities

Unit
published list
Claude Fable 5
Not verified
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Output modalities

Unit
published list
Claude Fable 5
Not verified
Qwen3.8 Max
Not verified

Evidence provenance

Source records, route identity, timestamps, and methodology are consolidated here without declaring either model a winner.

Publication time
Aug 30, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC
Freshness
Stale — Published weekly benchmark evidence has not refreshed within 8 days.
Methodology
benchlm: benchlm_raw_composite
Model records
  • Claude Fable 5 — source benchlm · artifact models · model claude-fable-5
  • Qwen3.8 Max — source benchlm · artifact models · model qwen3-8-max
Selected price routes
  • Claude Fable 5 — route benchlm:claude-fable-5 · source benchlm · provider anthropic
  • Qwen3.8 Max — Not published

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