Claude Fable 5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Wins 7 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · 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 Plus is cheaper.
Scores updated · 38 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 software90Claude Fable 59 of 9 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own40Claude Fable 54 of 4 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40Claude Fable 54 of 4 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math20Claude Fable 52 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Claude Fable 52 of 3 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 asked11Even1 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.
Qwen3.6 Plus costs 94% 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- Unpublished advanced math problemsFrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)+48.7points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+39points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+30.9points ahead
Where Qwen3.6 Plus pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+29points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+11.7points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 38 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Fable 5
- SWE-bench ProClaude Fable 5 by 23.48056.6+23.4
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Claude Fable 5 by 23.284.661.4+23.2
- LiveBench · Agentic CodingClaude Fable 5 by 20.862.241.4+20.8
- SciCodeClaude Fable 5 by 20.36140.7+20.3
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Fable 5 by 1962.943.9+19
- LMArena · WebDevClaude Fable 5 by 163 rating points16241461+163 rating
- SWE-bench VerifiedClaude Fable 5 by 16.29578.8+16.2
- SWE-bench MultilingualClaude Fable 5 by 12.886.673.8+12.8
- LiveBench · CodingClaude Fable 5 by 7.88678.2+7.8
AgentsClaude Fable 5
- GDPValClaude Fable 5 by 30.955.624.7+30.9
- OSWorld-VerifiedClaude Fable 5 by 22.58562.5+22.5
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingClaude Fable 5 by 17.338.120.8+17.3
- MCP AtlasClaude Fable 5 by 10.684.774.1+10.6
ReasoningClaude Fable 5
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Fable 5 by 27.755.527.8+27.7
- CritPtClaude Fable 5 by 25.728.62.9+25.7
- LiveBench · ReasoningClaude Fable 5 by 13.989.775.8+13.9
- GPQA DiamondClaude Fable 5 by 4.492.688.2+4.4
FactsClaude Fable 5
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Fable 5 by 3965.326.4+39
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.6 Plus by 2936.465.4+29
- SimpleQA VerifiedClaude Fable 5 by 26.670.744.1+26.6
Images and chartsClaude Fable 5
- MMMU-ProClaude Fable 5 by 6.284.278+6.2
MathClaude Fable 5
- FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)Claude Fable 5 by 48.78738.3+48.7
- LiveBench · MathematicsClaude Fable 5 by 12.39683.7+12.3
Following instructionsEven
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingClaude Fable 5 by 17.575.858.3+17.5
- IFBenchQwen3.6 Plus by 11.763.575.2+11.7
Other results12 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 42.443.30.9+42.4
- AA IntelligenceClaude Fable 5 by 22.649.627+22.6
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Fable 5 by 225129+22
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Fable 5 by 2276.554.5+22
- ToolathlonClaude Fable 5 by 21.961.739.8+21.9
- livebench_languageClaude Fable 5 by 15.790.775+15.7
- Finance Agent v2Claude Fable 5 by 15.456.340.9+15.4
- HLE (with tools)Claude Fable 5 by 13.263.850.6+13.2
- livebench_data_analysisClaude Fable 5 by 10.680.569.9+10.6
- LiveBenchClaude Fable 5 by 7.478.370.8+7.4
- WideSearchClaude Fable 5 by 6.981.274.3+6.9
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)tie98.597.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Fable 5 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Claude Fable 5 wins seven of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, math and long documents. Qwen3.6 Plus wins none, but costs 94% less. They are level on following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Fable 5. It wins 9 of the 9 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.6 Plus wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Fable 5 costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.50 and $3.00. That makes Qwen3.6 Plus about 94% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 38 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 26 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 12 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.