Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Max costs 5.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.8

Rank #5 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Claude Fable 5 leads 54.0 to 22.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GBAEval: 74.5% for Claude Fable 5 and 0.4% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper at $2.50 / $7.50 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index66.851.5
Released2026-06-072026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$10$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$50$7.50
Results tracked6233

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev16251515
SciCode61%48.8%
LMArena Coding15191498
ALE-Bench2,0411,189
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
FrontierSWE47%—
GSO78.4%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
GBAEval74.5%0.4%
APEX-Agents63.6%—
Remote Labor Index16.1%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
PostTrainBench41.8%—
GDP.pdf30%—
LMArena Search1230—
Vending-Bench 25,680—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#6), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
SimpleBench81.9%70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)92.7%85.1%
CritPt28.6%13.4%
Chess Puzzles41%19%
EBR-Bench39.5%9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081483
Mystery Game Puzzles52%32%
DTBench98.4%92.3%
LMCA61.1%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.06153.68
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark91.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
EnigmaEval39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%95.6%
ProofBench95%26%
LMArena Math15191490
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond85.9%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified70.7%55.8%
LMArena Expert15341488

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), Qwen3.7 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1324—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Too close to call

Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14811474
LMArena Chinese15431530
LMArena Russian15041484
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1486—
LMArena Japanese1506—
LMArena Korean1488—
LMArena Spanish1498—

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following15021460

Long Context Too close to call

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query15091482

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14911476
LMArena Creative Writing14941449
EQ-Bench 413401110
LMArena Multi-Turn15041481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Max costs 5.3× 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 Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 50.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Qwen3.7 Max share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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