Model comparison

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Dolly 2.0-12b

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic

69.0

Rank #2 Confirmed

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 6 categories and Dolly 2.0-12b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Fable 5.1 leads 79.2 to 15.2.
  • Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5.1 and Dolly 2.0-12b specifications
Claude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
ProviderAnthropicDatabricks
Noometry Index69.025.5
Released2026-09-012023-04-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked5217

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Coding1528776
FrontierCode50.9%—
CursorBench51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1744—
FrontierSWE56.3%—
SciCode63.1%—
GSO88.2%—
WeirdML92.9%—
MirrorCode73.3%—
ALE-Bench2,143—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), Dolly 2.0-12b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
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), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Hard Prompts1526804
Epoch Capabilities Index164.789.67
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%—
HellaSwag—70.8%
PIQA—75.4%
WinoGrande—61.8%

Math Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 89.6 (#4), Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Math1525871
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)90.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 487.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), Dolly 2.0-12b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
Humanity's Last Exam46.5%—
SimpleQA Verified70.8%—
LMArena Expert1535—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—39.6%
BoolQ—56.3%
MMLU—26.2%
OpenBookQA—39.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), Dolly 2.0-12b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Vision1318—
Blueprint-Bench 241.9%—
Furniture Assembly70%—
LMArena Document1513—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Non-English1507836
LMArena Chinese1586836
LMArena French1525—
LMArena German1500—
LMArena Japanese1543—
LMArena Korean1534—
LMArena Russian1521—
LMArena Spanish1516—

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Instruction Following1517814

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), Dolly 2.0-12b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Longer Query1522—

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Dolly 2.0-12b
LMArena Text1510851
LMArena Creative Writing1507864
LMArena Multi-Turn1492740
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2162—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Dolly 2.0-12b?

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5.1 or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?

Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and Dolly 2.0-12b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.

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