Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
Wins 6 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Claude Fable 5 is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper.
Scores updated · 15 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.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Claude Fable 53 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Claude Fable 52 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude Fable 52 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Claude 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
Agents, 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.
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct costs 96% less for the same work.
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
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+51.7points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+49.6points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+49points ahead
Where Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 15 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Fable 5
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Fable 5 by 47.762.915.2+47.7
- SciCodeClaude Fable 5 by 33.26127.8+33.2
ReasoningClaude Fable 5
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Fable 5 by 51.755.53.8+51.7
- GPQA DiamondClaude Fable 5 by 4192.651.6+41
- CritPtClaude Fable 5 by 28.628.60+28.6
FactsClaude Fable 5
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Fable 5 by 4965.316.4+49
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Fable 5 by 16.736.419.7+16.7
Following instructionsClaude Fable 5
- IFBenchClaude Fable 5 by 30.863.532.7+30.8
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 9443.3-50.7+94
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Fable 5 by 6498.534.5+64
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Fable 5 by 57.176.519.4+57.1
- AA IntelligenceClaude Fable 5 by 4049.69.6+40
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Fable 5 by 29.95121.1+29.9
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Fable 5 or Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct?
Claude Fable 5 wins all six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct wins none, but costs 96% less.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Fable 5. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Fable 5 costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct costs $0.45 and $2.25. That makes Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct about 96% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 15 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 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.