Fable 5.2 delivers 38% more per limit after price cut, still burns quota 2.9x faster than Opus 5.5
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-11-12
FinanceYF5 analyzed Theo's logged 1.1M Claude Code requests to price out Fable 5.2:
- Price cut: input dropped from $10/M to $8/M tokens, output from $50/M to $40/M
- More per limit: emptying one Fable weekly limit with 5.2 costs $705 at API prices and yields 4.9M output tokens, vs $513 / 2.8M for 5.1 — +38% dollar value and +76% output per limit (expect 1.3x–1.5x for the same work)
- Still quota-hungry: 1M output tokens consume 10.1% of the weekly limit — 2.9x Opus 5.5's 3.5% baseline, down from 5.0x on 5.1; the Fable limit fills at 20% per 1M output tokens vs 36% on 5.1
Related event: Analysis: Fable 5.2 Cheaper but Burns Quota 2.9x Faster Than Opus 5.5(4 posts)→
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