Model comparison

Claude Fable 5.1 vs DBRX

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic

69.0

Rank #2 Confirmed

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and DBRX in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5.1 leads 89.6 to 24.3.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5.1 and DBRX specifications
Claude Fable 5.1DBRX
ProviderAnthropicDatabricks
Noometry Index69.029.4
Released2026-09-012024-03-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked5221

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), DBRX: 32.9 (#266)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Coding15281132
FrontierCode50.9%—
CursorBench51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1744—
FrontierSWE56.3%—
SciCode63.1%—
GSO88.2%—
WeirdML92.9%—
MirrorCode73.3%—
ALE-Bench2,143—
HumanEval+—70.1%
MBPP+—55.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), DBRX: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
APEX-Agents68.6%—
Remote Labor Index17.9%—
GDP.pdf29.6%—
Vending-Bench 25,422—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 76.7 (#7), DBRX: 21.4 (#222)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Hard Prompts15261113
ARC-AGI-290%—
NYT Connections (extended)90%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
CritPt31.1%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
EBR-Bench57.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles58%—
DTBench97.6%—
LMCA65.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index164.7—

Math Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 89.6 (#4), DBRX: 24.3 (#269)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Math15251145
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)90.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 487.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
MATH Level 5—11.7%
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), DBRX: 14.9 (#294)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Expert15351076
GPQA Diamond—32.9%
Humanity's Last Exam46.5%—
SimpleQA Verified70.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), DBRX: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Vision1318—
Blueprint-Bench 241.9%—
Furniture Assembly70%—
LMArena Document1513—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), DBRX: 29.3 (#268)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Non-English15071071
LMArena Chinese15861068
LMArena French15251096
LMArena German15001057
LMArena Japanese1543990
LMArena Korean1534993
LMArena Russian15211078
LMArena Spanish15161064

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), DBRX: 57.5 (#270)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Instruction Following15171112

Long Context Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), DBRX: 33.7 (#258)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Longer Query15221112

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), DBRX: 33.6 (#275)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1DBRX
LMArena Text15101119
LMArena Creative Writing15071104
LMArena Multi-Turn14921111
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2162—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than DBRX?

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5.1 or DBRX better for coding?

Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and DBRX share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.

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