Model comparison
Claude Fable 5.1 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5.1 leads 89.6 to 40.1.
Side by side
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 69.0 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2026-09-01 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $50 | — |
| Results tracked | 52 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1528 | 1487 |
| FrontierCode | 50.9% | — |
| CursorBench | 51.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1744 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 56.3% | — |
| SciCode | 63.1% | — |
| GSO | 88.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 92.9% | — |
| MirrorCode | 73.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,143 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 68.6% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 17.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 29.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,422 | — |
Reasoning Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 76.7 (#7), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1526 | 1483 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 90% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.5% | — |
| CritPt | 31.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 57.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 58% | — |
| DTBench | 97.6% | — |
| LMCA | 65.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 164.7 | — |
Math Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 89.6 (#4), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1525 | 1474 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 90.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 87.8% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1535 | 1489 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 46.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1318 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 41.9% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 70% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1513 | — |
Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1507 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1586 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1525 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1500 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1543 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1534 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1521 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1516 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1517 | 1467 |
Long Context Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1522 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1510 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1507 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1492 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2162 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Fable 5.1 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.