Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.4 nano

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 nano costs 43× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 36 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.8

Rank #5 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 36 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 9 categories and GPT-5.4 nano in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Fable 5 leads 76.8 to 23.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 95% for Claude Fable 5 and 5% for GPT-5.4 nano.
  • GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.25 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
  • Claude Fable 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.4 nano specifications
Claude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
ProviderAnthropicOpenAI
Noometry Index66.841.9
Released2026-06-072026-03-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M400K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$10$0.20
Output $ / M tokens$50$1.25
Results tracked6240

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
SciCode61%46.9%
WeirdML91.9%49.2%
LMArena Coding15191405
ALE-Bench2,0411,005
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
LMArena WebDev1625—
FrontierSWE47%—
GSO78.4%—
MirrorCode63.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), GPT-5.4 nano: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
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 (#6), GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
ARC-AGI-289.2%5.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark91.4%39.7%
ARC-AGI-198.5%51.5%
CritPt28.6%9.3%
Chess Puzzles41%30%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081381
Mystery Game Puzzles52%9%
DTBench98.4%80.3%
LMCA61.1%36.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.06145.81
SimpleBench81.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.7%—
EnigmaEval39.3%—
EBR-Bench39.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—
ForecastBench—57.3

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%44.9%
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%12.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%87.8%
ProofBench95%5%
LMArena Math15191406
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—25.9%
FrontierMath Erdős0%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—6.3%

Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
GPQA Diamond85.9%78.5%
SimpleQA Verified70.7%11.7%
LMArena Expert15341396
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.1%

Multimodal Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Vision13241196
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Non-English14811359
LMArena Chinese15431392
LMArena French15051396
LMArena German14861367
LMArena Japanese15061343
LMArena Korean14881320
LMArena Russian15041363
LMArena Spanish14981371

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Instruction Following15021362

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Longer Query15091366

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GPT-5.4 nano
LMArena Text14911372
LMArena Creative Writing14941314
LMArena Multi-Turn15041382
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than GPT-5.4 nano?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 nano costs 43× 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 GPT-5.4 nano?

GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5 or GPT-5.4 nano better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Fable 5 does, with 1M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.4 nano share?

36 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 nano has 40.

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