Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs GLM-5V-Turbo

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. GLM-5V-Turbo costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.3

Rank #5 Confirmed

GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai (Zhipu)

43.1

Rank #86 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-5V-Turbo in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.4 to 36.6.
  • GLM-5V-Turbo is cheaper at $1.20 / $4 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
  • Claude Fable 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and GLM-5V-Turbo specifications
Claude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
ProviderAnthropicZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index66.343.1
Released2026-06-072026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M200K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$10$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$50$4
Results tracked6119

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 67.0 (#4), GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena WebDev16261400
LMArena Coding15191467
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—
ALE-Bench2,041—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.1 (#2), GLM-5V-Turbo: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
APEX-Agents63.6%—
Remote Labor Index16.1%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
PostTrainBench41.8%—
GBAEval74.5%—
GDP.pdf30%—
LMArena Search1230—
Vending-Bench 25,680—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#4), GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts15081443
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
SimpleBench81.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark91.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.7%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt28.6%—
Chess Puzzles41%—
EnigmaEval39.3%—
EBR-Bench39.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles52%—
DTBench98.4%—
LMCA61.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—
Epoch Capabilities Index163.6—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.4 (#5), GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Math15191440
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%—
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench95%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 62.3 (#22), GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Expert15341451
GPQA Diamond85.9%—
SimpleQA Verified70.7%—

Multimodal Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 45.6 (#14), GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Vision13261264
LMArena Document14961416
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.6 (#8), GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Non-English14831420
LMArena Chinese15461488
LMArena French15091443
LMArena German14861422
LMArena Korean14931399
LMArena Russian15071432
LMArena Spanish15031446
LMArena Japanese1507—

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.8 (#7), GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following15031422

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#22), GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Longer Query15101439

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.1 (#5), GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Text14911437
LMArena Creative Writing14941414
LMArena Multi-Turn15051432
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than GLM-5V-Turbo?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. GLM-5V-Turbo costs 11× 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 GLM-5V-Turbo?

GLM-5V-Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5 or GLM-5V-Turbo better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.0 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Fable 5 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and GLM-5V-Turbo share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 61 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5V-Turbo has 19.

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