Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Palm 2

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.8

Rank #5 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Fable 5 leads 76.8 to 19.1.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and Palm 2 specifications
Claude Fable 5Palm 2
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index66.830.0
Released2026-06-07—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked6210

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
LMArena Coding1519994
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
LMArena WebDev1625—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
GSO78.4%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—
ALE-Bench2,041—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
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), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts15081005
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 Index162.06—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
LMArena Math15191049
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%—
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench95%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
GPQA Diamond85.9%—
SimpleQA Verified70.7%—
LMArena Expert1534—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
LMArena Vision1324—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1481916
LMArena Chinese1543887
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1486—
LMArena Japanese1506—
LMArena Korean1488—
LMArena Russian1504—
LMArena Spanish1498—

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following15021010

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query15091010

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Palm 2
LMArena Text14911027
LMArena Creative Writing1494991
LMArena Multi-Turn1504994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Palm 2?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Palm 2 better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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