Claude Fable 5 vs Magistral Medium 1.2
Wins 6 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 7 areas
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Claude Fable 5 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 18 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven 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.
- CodingWriting and fixing software30Claude Fable 53 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Claude Fable 53 of 3 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own20Claude 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
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude Fable 51 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Images and charts, long documents and following instructions 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
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+72.2points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+50points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+45.2points ahead
Where Magistral Medium 1.2 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+3.6points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 18 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 72.284.612.4+72.2
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Fable 5 by 5062.912.9+50
- SciCodeClaude Fable 5 by 21.86139.2+21.8
AgentsClaude Fable 5
- GDPValClaude Fable 5 by 55.655.60+55.6
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Fable 5 by 32.538.15.6+32.5
ReasoningClaude Fable 5
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Fable 5 by 45.255.510.3+45.2
- CritPtClaude Fable 5 by 28.328.60.3+28.3
- GPQA DiamondClaude Fable 5 by 18.792.673.9+18.7
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Fable 5 by 44.665.320.8+44.6
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationMagistral Medium 1.2 by 3.636.440+3.6
Images and chartsClaude Fable 5
- MMMU-ProClaude Fable 5 by 24.584.259.7+24.5
Following instructionsClaude Fable 5
- IFBenchClaude Fable 5 by 20.563.543+20.5
Other results5 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.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Fable 5 by 7043.3-26.7+70
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Fable 5 by 55.276.521.3+55.2
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Fable 5 by 49.1511.9+49.1
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Fable 5 by 46.598.552+46.5
- AA IntelligenceClaude Fable 5 by 37.849.611.8+37.8
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Fable 5 or Magistral Medium 1.2?
Claude Fable 5 wins six of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Magistral Medium 1.2 wins none. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Fable 5. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Magistral Medium 1.2 wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 18 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 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.