Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen2.5-Max

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.8

Rank #5 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.5 to 36.9.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
Claude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index66.840.7
Released2026-06-072025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked6227

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding15191359
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
LMArena WebDev1625—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
GSO78.4%—
WeirdML91.9%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%
MirrorCode63.9%—
ALE-Bench2,041—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
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), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts15081360
Epoch Capabilities Index162.06132.53
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%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles52%—
DTBench98.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
LMCA61.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math15191369
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%—
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench95%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert15341337
GPQA Diamond85.9%—
SimpleQA Verified70.7%—
Confabulations—21.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision1324—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English14811352
LMArena Chinese15431382
LMArena French15051396
LMArena German14861350
LMArena Japanese15061300
LMArena Korean14881304
LMArena Russian15041353
LMArena Spanish14981377

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following15021335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query15091358

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text14911367
LMArena Creative Writing14941339
LMArena Multi-Turn15041364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Qwen2.5-Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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