Model comparison
Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 10 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.5 to 50.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 87% for Claude Fable 5 and 34.4% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
- Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
Side by side
| Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 66.8 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2026-06-07 | 2026-06-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $50 | $1.60 |
| Results tracked | 62 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 53.5% | 10.2% |
| SciCode | 61% | 45.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1519 | 1473 |
| DeepSWE | 69.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1625 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 47% | — |
| GSO | 78.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 91.9% | — |
| MirrorCode | 63.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,041 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 63.6% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 2.8% |
| Remote Labor Index | 16.1% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 39.7% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 41.8% | — |
| GBAEval | 74.5% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 30% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1230 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,680 | — |
Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#6), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 92.7% | 74.8% |
| CritPt | 28.6% | 9.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | 41% | 24% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1508 | 1460 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 52% | 17% |
| DTBench | 98.4% | 84% |
| LMCA | 61.1% | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 162.06 | 147.37 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | — |
| SimpleBench | 81.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 91.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 39.3% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 39.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 95% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.13 | — |
Math Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 87% | 34.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1519 | 1466 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 90.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 95% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.9% | 87.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1534 | 1467 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.7% | — |
Multimodal Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1324 | 1279 |
| LMArena Document | 1496 | 1444 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 35.8% | — |
Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1481 | 1445 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1543 | 1510 |
| LMArena French | 1505 | 1473 |
| LMArena German | 1486 | 1471 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1506 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1488 | 1415 |
| LMArena Russian | 1504 | 1457 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1498 | 1457 |
Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1502 | 1440 |
Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1509 | 1455 |
Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads
Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1491 | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1494 | 1439 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1504 | 1460 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1943 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1340 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Fable 5 better than Qwen3.7 Plus?
Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 29× 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 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.
Is Claude Fable 5 or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?
Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 36.6 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 Plus share?
31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.