Model comparison

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic

69.0

Rank #2 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think 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 36.5.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5.1 and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Claude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index69.038.7
Released2026-09-01—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$10—
Output $ / M tokens$50—
Results tracked5214

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding15281319
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts15261302
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), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math15251316
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)90.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 487.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert15351273
Humanity's Last Exam46.5%—
SimpleQA Verified70.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1318—
Blueprint-Bench 241.9%—
Furniture Assembly70%—
LMArena Document1513—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English15071255
LMArena Chinese15861300
LMArena French15251291
LMArena German15001290
LMArena Russian15211254
LMArena Japanese1543—
LMArena Korean1534—
LMArena Spanish1516—

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following15171275

Long Context Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query15221296

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text15101300
LMArena Creative Writing15071256
LMArena Multi-Turn14921290
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2162—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Fable 5.1 or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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