Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Solar Pro4

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.8

Rank #5 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5 leads 88.5 to 38.8.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
  • Claude Fable 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 524K.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5 and Solar Pro4 specifications
Claude Fable 5Solar Pro4
ProviderAnthropicUpstage
Noometry Index66.842.1
Released2026-06-072026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M524K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$10$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$50$1.20
Results tracked6218

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 70.6 (#4), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena WebDev16251371
LMArena Coding15191437
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
GSO78.4%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—
ALE-Bench2,041—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.0 (#2), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
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), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts15081399
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 Index162.06—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.5 (#5), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena Math15191416
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: 62.2 (#25), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena Expert15341427
GPQA Diamond85.9%—
SimpleQA Verified70.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.3 (#17), Solar Pro4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena Vision1324—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.3 (#9), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14811361
LMArena Chinese15431415
LMArena French15051397
LMArena German14861364
LMArena Japanese15061309
LMArena Korean14881382
LMArena Russian15041360
LMArena Spanish14981401

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.6 (#8), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following15021377

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#23), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query15091381

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 75.9 (#5), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Solar Pro4
LMArena Text14911386
LMArena Creative Writing14941316
LMArena Multi-Turn15041385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Solar Pro4?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 38× 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 Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 70.6 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Fable 5 does, with 1M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 62 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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