Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen3 Max

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.8

Rank #5 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Fable 5 leads 76.8 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 87% for Claude Fable 5 and 18.9% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
  • Claude Fable 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index66.843.7
Released2026-06-072025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$10$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$50$6
Results tracked6233

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding15191456
ALE-Bench2,041370.45
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
LMArena WebDev1625—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
GSO78.4%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 25,68071.56
APEX-Agents63.6%—
Remote Labor Index16.1%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
PostTrainBench41.8%—
GBAEval74.5%—
GDP.pdf30%—
LMArena Search1230—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#6), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark91.4%72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)92.7%30.1%
Chess Puzzles41%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081448
Mystery Game Puzzles52%5%
DTBench98.4%82.1%
LMCA61.1%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.06142.38
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
SimpleBench81.9%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt28.6%—
EnigmaEval39.3%—
EBR-Bench39.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%73.3%
LMArena Math15191446
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%—
ProofBench95%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 62.2 (#25), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond85.9%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified70.7%48.7%
LMArena Expert15341455

Multimodal Not comparable

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

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

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14811429
LMArena Chinese15431478
LMArena French15051449
LMArena German14861463
LMArena Japanese15061397
LMArena Korean14881399
LMArena Russian15041428
LMArena Spanish14981462

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following15021419

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query15091438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text14911439
LMArena Creative Writing14941402
LMArena Multi-Turn15041446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Qwen3 Max?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 8.3× 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 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Fable 5 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

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

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

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