Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.4 to 33.6.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Claude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index66.338.8
Released2026-06-07—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked6116

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 67.0 (#4), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding15191346
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
LMArena WebDev1626—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—
ALE-Bench2,041—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.1 (#2), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
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), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts15081322
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), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math15191305
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), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert15341307
GPQA Diamond85.9%—
SimpleQA Verified70.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.6 (#14), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1326—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.6 (#8), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14831275
LMArena Chinese15461304
LMArena French15091328
LMArena German14861283
LMArena Korean14931206
LMArena Russian15071268
LMArena Spanish15031337
LMArena Japanese1507—

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.8 (#7), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following15031298

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#22), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query15101312

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.1 (#5), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14911311
LMArena Creative Writing14941264
LMArena Multi-Turn15051309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.0 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 61 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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