Claude Fable 5.1 vs DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Claude Fable 5.1 leads DeepSeek V3.2 Exp on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 53.4 to 16.6, and DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs 122.0x less per output token ($0.41 vs $50.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 45 shared
Claude Fable 5.1 or DeepSeek V3.2 Exp: which to pick
Only Claude Fable 5.1 has a coding score, 84.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for output tokens 122.0x cheaper ($0.41 vs $50.00 per million).
Model AClaude Fable 5.1Anthropic84.2/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BDeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeekNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 45
- Claude Fable 5.1 only
- 79
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp only
- 14
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Claude Fable 5.1 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 leads, 53.4 against 16.6.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Claude Fable 5.1 has a AA Agentic Index result, 57.9.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Fable 5.1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 93.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Fable 5.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 92.4%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 leads, 1312 against 1178.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 takes 1M tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Claude Fable 5.1 $0.035, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp $0.0005 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Fable 5.1 84.2 from 5 benchmarks, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 41.0 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: Claude Fable 5.1 1743 against DeepSeek V3.2 Exp 1272, 67.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Fable 5.1 $50.00 against DeepSeek V3.2 Exp $0.41 per million output tokens, 122.0x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Fable 5.1 takes 1M tokens, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp 164K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Fable 5.1 | Bars | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 7 | 0 | ||
| General | 20 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 45 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 74.2% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| LiveBench coding | 97.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1743 | 1272 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| AA Coding Index | 81.6 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 90.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 58.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 90.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 54.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 7.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 90.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 85.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 61.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 28.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 61.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 70.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 78.9% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| SciCode | 63.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 31.1% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| FrontierCode | 50.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 56.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 88.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| WeirdML | 92.9% | 39.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| MirrorCode | 73.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2143.2 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1532 | 1438 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1530 | 1438 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1792 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1684 | 1281 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1722 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 53.4 | 16.6 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 166.5 | 144.9 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index27 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 57.9 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1318 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1326 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1267 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1327 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1305 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1380 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LiveBench research | 82.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 80.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 22.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 58.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 49.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 55.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 76.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 63.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 13.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 5.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 33.9% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| APEX-Agents | 68.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 17.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| TheAgentCompany | Not measured | 42.9% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| SpireClimb | 2.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $5,422 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Search | 1246 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | Not measured | 56.7% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 91.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 47.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 90.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 93.7% | 79.7% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 59.1% | 14.9% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| ARC-AGI | 97.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 48.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 58.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| EBR-bench | 57.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1528 | 1429 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1544 | 1422 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1522 | 1444 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1343 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1345 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 52.2% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 87.7 | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 87.7% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 90.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 87.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| ProofBench | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1531 | 1422 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1541 | 1433 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 92.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 88.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 76.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 70.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 53.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 85.0% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1532 | 1443 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1531 | 1468 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1514 | 1419 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1493 | 1412 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1312 | 1178 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1336 | 1164 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1381 | 1144 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1344 | 1152 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1392 | 1148 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1335 | 1170 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1300 | 1031 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1323 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LiveBench design | 83.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index200
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 80.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 74.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 91.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 54.1% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 85.3% | 72.3% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| DTBench | 97.6% | 87.7% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMCA | 65.5% | 29.1% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 83.3% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 13.2% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Furniture assembly | 70.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| CL-bench Life | Not measured | 9.5% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| LMArena Text | 1512 | 1425 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1518 | 1401 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1509 | 1404 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Vision | 1319 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1506 | 1441 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1508 | 1404 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1584 | 1461 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1499 | 1440 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1562 | 1331 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1517 | 1372 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1523 | 1434 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1520 | 1441 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1520 | 1412 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1525 | 1435 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1493 | 1422 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1524 | 1418 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1510 | 1407 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1497 | 1407 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1313 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1391 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1327 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1318 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1330 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Claude Fable 5.1$0.035Fits in one request
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp$0.0005Fits in one request
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Claude Fable 5.1$0.650Fits in one request
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp$0.015Fits in one request
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Claude Fable 5.1$2.50Fits in one request
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp$0.058Exceeds the context window
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | September 1, 2026 | September 29, 2025 |
| Context window | 1M | 164K |
| Input $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.27 |
| Output $/Mtok | $50.00 | $0.41 |
| Coding index | 84.2 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for coding?
Only Claude Fable 5.1 has a coding score, 84.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for output tokens 122.0x cheaper ($0.41 vs $50.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or DeepSeek V3.2 Exp?
Claude Fable 5.1 costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs $0.27 and $0.41. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Fable 5.1 or DeepSeek V3.2 Exp?
Claude Fable 5.1, with 1M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Fable 5.1 vs DeepSeek V3.2 Exp comparison based on?
45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Fable 5.1's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and DeepSeek V3.2 Exp's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.