Claude Fable 5 vs JT-4.1 Flash 236B A21B
Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts · Long documents
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Claude Fable 5 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 16 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own30Claude Fable 53 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Claude Fable 53 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Claude Fable 52 of 2 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video10Claude Fable 51 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Fable 51 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Images and charts and long documents rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Fable 5 pulls ahead
- Complex command-line tasks across many fieldsTerminal-Bench 4.0+39.4points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+25points ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+20.1points ahead
Where JT-4.1 Flash 236B A21B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+6.6points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 16 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Fable 5
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Claude Fable 5 by 2584.659.6+25
- SciCodeClaude Fable 5 by 96152+9
AgentsClaude Fable 5
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Claude Fable 5 by 39.442.43+39.4
- GDPValClaude Fable 5 by 14.255.641.4+14.2
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Fable 5 by 10.138.128+10.1
ReasoningClaude Fable 5
- CritPtClaude Fable 5 by 14.628.614+14.6
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Fable 5 by 11.955.543.6+11.9
- GPQA DiamondClaude Fable 5 by 8.192.684.5+8.1
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Fable 5 by 1665.349.4+16
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationJT-4.1 Flash 236B A21B by 6.636.443+6.6
Images and chartsClaude Fable 5
- MMMU-ProClaude Fable 5 by 20.184.264.1+20.1
Other results4 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Fable 5 by 24.176.552.4+24.1
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Fable 5 by 22.743.320.6+22.7
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Fable 5 by 16.15134.9+16.1
- AA IntelligenceClaude Fable 5 by 15.749.633.9+15.7
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Fable 5 or JT-4.1 Flash 236B A21B?
Claude Fable 5 wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, images and charts and long documents. JT-4.1 Flash 236B A21B wins none. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Fable 5. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; JT-4.1 Flash 236B A21B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 16 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 12 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 4 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.