Model comparison
Claude Fable 5.1 vs Muse Glimmer
Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Muse Glimmer in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Fable 5.1 leads 76.7 to 25.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 31.1% for Claude Fable 5.1 and 2.6% for Muse Glimmer.
- Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 69.0 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2026-09-01 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $50 | — |
| Results tracked | 52 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1744 | 1355 |
| SciCode | 63.1% | 44.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1528 | 1416 |
| FrontierCode | 50.9% | — |
| CursorBench | 51.8% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 56.3% | — |
| GSO | 88.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 92.9% | — |
| MirrorCode | 73.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,143 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 68.6% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 17.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 29.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,422 | — |
Reasoning Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 76.7 (#7), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 31.1% | 2.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1526 | 1396 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 90% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 57.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 58% | — |
| DTBench | 97.6% | — |
| LMCA | 65.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 164.7 | — |
Math Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 89.6 (#4), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1525 | 1417 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 90.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 87.8% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1535 | 1386 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 46.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1318 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 41.9% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 70% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1513 | — |
Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1507 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1586 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1521 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1525 | — |
| LMArena German | 1500 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1543 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1534 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1516 | — |
Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1517 | 1375 |
Long Context Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1522 | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1510 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1507 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1492 | 1399 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2162 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Muse Glimmer?
Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Fable 5.1 or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and Muse Glimmer share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.