Model comparison
Claude Fable 5.1 vs Qwen Turbo
Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 229× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Turbo in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5.1 leads 89.6 to 15.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 100% for Claude Fable 5.1 and 6.1% for Qwen Turbo.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.1.
Side by side
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 69.0 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2026-09-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $50 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 52 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 50.9% | — |
| CursorBench | 51.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1744 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 56.3% | — |
| SciCode | 63.1% | — |
| GSO | 88.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 92.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1528 | — |
| MirrorCode | 73.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,143 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 68.6% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 17.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 29.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,422 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 76.7 (#7), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 90% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.5% | — |
| CritPt | 31.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 57.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1526 | — |
| 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), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | 6.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 90.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 87.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1525 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.2% |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 46.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1535 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1318 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 41.9% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 70% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1513 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1507 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1586 | — |
| LMArena French | 1525 | — |
| LMArena German | 1500 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1543 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1534 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1521 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1516 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1517 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1522 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1510 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1507 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2162 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1492 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Qwen Turbo?
Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 229× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5.1 lists at $10 and $50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and Qwen Turbo share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.