Model comparison

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Trinity Large Thinking

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 52× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic

69.0

Rank #2 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Trinity Large Thinking 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 16.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 90% for Claude Fable 5.1 and 16.5% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.1.
  • Claude Fable 5.1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
  • Trinity Large Thinking has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5.1 and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
Claude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
ProviderAnthropicArcee AI
Noometry Index69.038.6
Released2026-09-012026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output128K80K
Input $ / M tokens$10$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$50$0.80
Results tracked5224

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena WebDev17441238
SciCode63.1%36.1%
LMArena Coding15281381
FrontierCode50.9%—
CursorBench51.8%—
FrontierSWE56.3%—
GSO88.2%—
WeirdML92.9%—
MirrorCode73.3%—
ALE-Bench2,143—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
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), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
NYT Connections (extended)90%16.5%
CritPt31.1%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts15261350
ARC-AGI-290%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
EBR-Bench57.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles58%—
DTBench97.6%—
LMCA65.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index164.7—

Math Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 89.6 (#4), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math15251366
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), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Expert15351360
Humanity's Last Exam46.5%—
SimpleQA Verified70.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), Trinity Large Thinking: —

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

Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English15071325
LMArena Chinese15861373
LMArena French15251374
LMArena German15001356
LMArena Japanese15431311
LMArena Korean15341306
LMArena Russian15211337
LMArena Spanish15161357

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following15171334

Long Context Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query15221355

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text15101340
LMArena Creative Writing15071320
LMArena Multi-Turn14921342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2162—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 52× 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 Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5.1 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5.1 or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Fable 5.1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and Trinity Large Thinking share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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