Fable 5.2 matches Opus 5.5 Max on WANDR at roughly 40% of the cost per task
marktenenholtz · x · 2026-11-10
marktenenholtz shared Perplexity's WANDR benchmark (agentic search, large data-collection tasks) accuracy-vs-cost chart: on relaxed score, Fable 5.2 Low matches Opus 5.5 Max at significantly lower cost per attempt.
The chart shows Fable 5.2 (LowMax, $12–55/attempt) dominating Opus 5.5 at every price point; at Medium effort it reaches 82, matching Opus 5.5's top score for about 40% of the cost. Fable 5.1 trails both.
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