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Fable 5 vs Opus 4.8: Every Reasoning Tier Benchmarked
Fable 5 low beats Opus 4.8 xhigh on SWE-bench Pro. Full tier matrix, low through xhigh, with per-task cost reads and the routing rule for agentic coding. Updated September 1, 2026 for Claude Fable 5.1, whose per-token price did not change, and for where Opus 5 changes the answer.
· 30 min