Model comparison

Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Sonnet 4

Compare Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic) and Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 (Anthropic) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.

Which should you pick?

  • Price: Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 is cheaper ($0.564 / 1M tokens input / $2.82 / 1M tokens output) vs Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 ($1.45 / 1M tokens input / $7.23 / 1M tokens output).
  • Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 adds: JSON mode.

Side by side

Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 — full comparison

Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.

ModelProviderInputOutputContextCapabilitiesBest forLatencyStatusSource
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5anthropic/claude-fable-5Anthropic$1.45 / 1M tokens$7.23 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat1000-3000msCatalogPlatform curated
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4anthropic/claude-sonnet-4Anthropic$0.564 / 1M tokens$2.82 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingVisionLong context
image understanding, multimodal chat1000-3000msCatalogPlatform curated

FAQ

Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 FAQ

Is Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 or Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 cheaper?

Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 is cheaper ($0.564 / 1M tokens input / $2.82 / 1M tokens output) vs Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 ($1.45 / 1M tokens input / $7.23 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.

Which has a larger context window, Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 or Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4?

Both offer the same context window: 1M tokens.

Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 for Vision: which should I pick?

Both target Vision. Pick Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4 to optimize cost, or Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.