Fable 5.2 costs $26.54 per task, pricier than Fable 5.1 despite cheaper claims
BLUECOW009 · x · 2026-11-10
A user challenge to Anthropic's claim that Fable 5.2 is cheaper than 5.1: Artificial Analysis data shows Fable 5.2 (max) costs $26.54 per Intelligence Index task vs $23.23 for Fable 5.1 (max) — the most expensive tier among 28 models, far above Claude Sonnet 4.5's $10.02.
The cost breakdown shows reasoning tokens dominate, driving up per-task cost despite nominally lower token pricing.
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