Opus 5 is said to be bench-maxxed, but still trails Fable
bindureddy · x · 2026-07-25
The post claims Opus 5 is being “bench-maxxed” to compete with Sol and Kimi K3.
It says the model lands slightly below Fable on LiveBench, but still looks tuned to score better on public first-turn benchmarks, which makes it easier for people to tweet impressive numbers. The author’s bottom line is that it remains a good model, but Fable is still clearly better.
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