Compare Claude Fable 5.1 (Anthropic) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.
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Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.1anthropic/claude-fable-5.1 | Anthropic | $10 / 1M tokens | $50 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 3187-5152ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 | Anthropic | $2 / 1M tokens | $10 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1230-2392ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is cheaper ($2 / 1M tokens input / $10 / 1M tokens output) vs Claude Fable 5.1 ($10 / 1M tokens input / $50 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.
Both offer the same context window: 1M tokens.
Both target Vision. Pick Claude Sonnet 5.5 to optimize cost, or Claude Fable 5.1 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.