Head to head
Claude Opus 5vsClaude Fable 5
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Claude Opus 5 costs $0.10 per solved task against
Claude Fable 5 at $17.45 — ▼ 179x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $3.5k a month.
On output token price alone Claude Opus 5 looks 2.0x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5| Figure | Claude Opus 5 | Claude Fable 5 |
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| Input $/Mtok | $5 | $10 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $25 | $50 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.5 | $1 |
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| Pass rate | 100% | 67% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.10measured | $17.45measured |
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| Cost per month | $19 | $3.5k |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-21 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings