Opus 5 reportedly edges past downgraded Fable 5 at half the price
oran_ge · x · 2026-07-25
Opus 5 is said to slightly outperform a “downgraded” Fable 5 while keeping the same price — still half of Fable 5’s. The post argues Anthropic has finally caught up, says even open-source models have surpassed Opus 4.8, and frames the whole family as just another wave under the open-source tide.
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