Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Wins 6 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts · Math · Long documents
Wins 0 of 8 areas
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Claude Fable 5 is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 29 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. 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 software60Claude Fable 56 of 6 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own50Claude Fable 55 of 5 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Claude Fable 53 of 3 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video10Claude Fable 51 of 1 test
- MathCompetition and research-level math10Claude 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
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked00Even0 each · 1 tie
Images and charts, math, 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.
Qwen3.6 35B A3B 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
- Unpublished advanced math problemsFrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)+66.6points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+46.6points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+39.7points ahead
Where Qwen3.6 35B A3B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+13.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 29 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 39.784.644.9+39.7
- SWE-bench ProClaude Fable 5 by 30.58049.5+30.5
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Fable 5 by 28.162.934.8+28.1
- SciCodeClaude Fable 5 by 24.46136.6+24.4
- SWE-bench VerifiedClaude Fable 5 by 21.69573.4+21.6
- SWE-bench MultilingualClaude Fable 5 by 19.486.667.2+19.4
AgentsClaude Fable 5
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Claude Fable 5 by 42.442.40+42.4
- BrowseCompClaude Fable 5 by 38.787.448.7+38.7
- GDPValClaude Fable 5 by 35.855.619.8+35.8
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Fable 5 by 28.838.19.3+28.8
- MCP AtlasClaude Fable 5 by 21.984.762.8+21.9
ReasoningClaude Fable 5
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Fable 5 by 33.355.522.2+33.3
- CritPtClaude Fable 5 by 28.328.60.3+28.3
- GPQA DiamondClaude Fable 5 by 8.592.684.1+8.5
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Fable 5 by 46.665.318.8+46.6
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.6 35B A3B by 13.136.449.5+13.1
Images and chartsClaude Fable 5
- MMMU-ProClaude Fable 5 by 9.284.275+9.2
Other results9 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.
- GDPval-AA v2Claude Fable 5 by 708 rating points17231015+708 rating
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Fable 5 by 65.543.3-22.2+65.5
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Fable 5 by 365115+36
- ToolathlonClaude Fable 5 by 34.861.726.9+34.8
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Fable 5 by 34.676.541.9+34.6
- AA IntelligenceClaude Fable 5 by 31.449.618.2+31.4
- WideSearchClaude Fable 5 by 21.181.260.1+21.1
- τ³-Bench BankingClaude Fable 5 by 16.326.810.5+16.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Fable 5 by 3.298.595.3+3.2
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Fable 5 or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?
Claude Fable 5 wins six of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning, images and charts, math and long documents. Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins none, but costs 96% less. They are level on facts and following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Fable 5. It wins 6 of the 6 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Fable 5 costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs $0.38 and $2.25. That makes Qwen3.6 35B A3B about 96% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 29 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 20 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 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.