Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen3 Max

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5 Anthropic

66.3

Rank #5 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.5

Rank #82 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Fable 5 leads 76.8 to 22.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 87% for Claude Fable 5 and 18.9% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.
  • Claude Fable 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
ProviderAnthropicAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index66.343.5
Released2026-06-072025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M262K
Max output128K66K
Input $ / M tokens$10$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$50$6
Results tracked6133

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 67.0 (#4), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding15191456
ALE-Bench2,041370.45
DeepSWE69.9%—
FrontierCode53.5%—
LMArena WebDev1626—
FrontierSWE47%—
SciCode61%—
WeirdML91.9%—
MirrorCode63.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 54.1 (#2), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 25,68071.56
APEX-Agents63.6%—
Remote Labor Index16.1%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
PostTrainBench41.8%—
GBAEval74.5%—
GDP.pdf30%—
LMArena Search1230—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.8 (#4), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark91.4%72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)92.7%30.1%
Chess Puzzles41%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081448
Mystery Game Puzzles52%5%
DTBench98.4%82.1%
LMCA61.1%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index163.6142.41
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
SimpleBench81.9%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt28.6%—
EnigmaEval39.3%—
EBR-Bench39.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench95%—
Bench to the Future 30.13—

Math Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 88.4 (#5), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%73.3%
LMArena Math15191447
FrontierMath Tier 490.2%—
ProofBench95%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 62.3 (#22), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond85.9%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified70.7%48.7%
LMArena Expert15341457

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5: 45.6 (#14), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1326—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly35.8%—
LMArena Document1496—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 57.6 (#8), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14831429
LMArena Chinese15461479
LMArena French15091450
LMArena German14861463
LMArena Japanese15071399
LMArena Korean14931397
LMArena Russian15071428
LMArena Spanish15031463

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 78.8 (#7), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following15031420

Long Context Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 46.3 (#22), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query15101439
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5 leads

Claude Fable 5: 76.1 (#5), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text14911439
LMArena Creative Writing14941401
LMArena Multi-Turn15051446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1943—
EQ-Bench 41340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5 better than Qwen3 Max?

Claude Fable 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 66.3 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Max costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Claude Fable 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.0 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Fable 5 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5 and Qwen3 Max share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5 has 61 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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