Qwen 3.8 Matches Fable 5 in Video Quality at 40% of the Cost
ChrisGPT · x · 2026-08-05
A developer shared a hands-on comparison between Qwen 3.8 and Fable 5 for generating a video of the Golden Gate Bridge:
- Efficiency: Qwen 3.8 required only 1 shot and 1 hour, whereas Fable 5 needed 2 shots and 5 hours.
- Quality & Cost: The author noted that while Qwen 3.8 must be pushed to its maximum thinking budget, it can produce demos on par with Kimi k3 quality at 2.5x lower cost than Fable 5.
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