Model comparison

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Palm 2

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic

69.0

Rank #2 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5.1 leads 89.6 to 30.8.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5.1 and Palm 2 specifications
Claude Fable 5.1Palm 2
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index69.030.0
Released2026-09-01—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked5210

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
LMArena Coding1528994
FrontierCode50.9%—
CursorBench51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1744—
FrontierSWE56.3%—
SciCode63.1%—
GSO88.2%—
WeirdML92.9%—
MirrorCode73.3%—
ALE-Bench2,143—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
APEX-Agents68.6%—
Remote Labor Index17.9%—
GDP.pdf29.6%—
Vending-Bench 25,422—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 76.7 (#7), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts15261005
ARC-AGI-290%—
NYT Connections (extended)90%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
CritPt31.1%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
EBR-Bench57.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles58%—
DTBench97.6%—
LMCA65.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index164.7—

Math Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 89.6 (#4), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
LMArena Math15251049
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)90.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 487.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
Humanity's Last Exam46.5%—
SimpleQA Verified70.8%—
LMArena Expert1535—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
LMArena Vision1318—
Blueprint-Bench 241.9%—
Furniture Assembly70%—
LMArena Document1513—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1507916
LMArena Chinese1586887
LMArena French1525—
LMArena German1500—
LMArena Japanese1543—
LMArena Korean1534—
LMArena Russian1521—
LMArena Spanish1516—

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following15171010

Long Context Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query15221010

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Palm 2
LMArena Text15101027
LMArena Creative Writing1507991
LMArena Multi-Turn1492994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2162—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Palm 2?

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5.1 or Palm 2 better for coding?

Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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