Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.3

Rank #5 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.3

Rank #319 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.4 to 27.9.
  • Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and Qwen1.5 4b Chat specifications
Claude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index66.328.3
Released2026-06-07—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked6113

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 67.0 (#4), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding1519999
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), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
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), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts1508976
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), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Math15191026
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), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Expert1534980
GPQA Diamond85.9%—
SimpleQA Verified70.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.6 (#14), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Vision1326—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.6 (#8), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English1483979
LMArena Chinese15461024
LMArena German1486902
LMArena Russian1507952
LMArena French1509—
LMArena Japanese1507—
LMArena Korean1493—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.8 (#7), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following1503979

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#22), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query1510988

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.1 (#5), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text1491997
LMArena Creative Writing1494969
LMArena Multi-Turn1505977
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.0 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 61 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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