Model comparison
Claude Fable 5 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 165× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 9 categories and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Fable 5 leads 76.8 to 21.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 91.9% for Claude Fable 5 and 35.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper at $0.0765 / $0.26 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
- Claude Fable 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 66.3 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2026-06-07 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.0765 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $50 | $0.26 |
| Results tracked | 61 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 67.0 (#4), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 38.8 (#156)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1626 | 1359 |
| SciCode | 61% | 40% |
| WeirdML | 91.9% | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1519 | 1446 |
| ALE-Bench | 2,041 | 927.17 |
| DeepSWE | 69.9% | — |
| FrontierCode | 53.5% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 47% | — |
| MirrorCode | 63.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Fable 5: 54.1 (#2), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 63.6% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 16.1% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 39.7% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 41.8% | — |
| GBAEval | 74.5% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 30% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1230 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,680 | — |
Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#4), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.1 (#205)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 28.6% | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 41% | 6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1508 | 1438 |
| DTBench | 98.4% | 74.9% |
| LMCA | 61.1% | 29.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 163.6 | 141.85 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | — |
| SimpleBench | 81.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 91.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 92.7% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 39.3% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 39.5% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 52% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 95% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.13 | — |
Math Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 88.4 (#5), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#61)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | 82.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1519 | 1469 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 87% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 90.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 95% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 62.3 (#22), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.6 (#79)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.9% | 73.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1534 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
Multimodal Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 45.6 (#14), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.9 (#43)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1326 | 1260 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 35.8% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1496 | — |
Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 57.6 (#8), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1483 | 1422 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1546 | 1495 |
| LMArena French | 1509 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1507 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1503 | 1415 |
| LMArena German | 1486 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1507 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1493 | — |
Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 78.8 (#7), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 75.0 (#78)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1503 | 1420 |
Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#22), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#87)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1510 | 1427 |
Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 76.1 (#5), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.8 (#110)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1491 | 1434 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1494 | 1401 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1943 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1505 | 1442 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1340 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Fable 5 better than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?
Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs 165× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.0765 per million input tokens and $0.26 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.
Is Claude Fable 5 or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better for coding?
Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.0 versus 38.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Fable 5 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT share?
27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 61 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28.