Claude Fable 5.1 vs Qwen3.7 Max
Updated October 21, 2026. 49 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
vs boards won of 49 shared
Decision reading
Pick Claude Fable 5.1 for coding: it scores 89.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 45.1 for Qwen3.7 Max.
Pick Qwen3.7 Max when output tokens cost 11.3x less.
Model AClaude Fable 5.1Anthropic89.1/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.7 MaxQwen45.1/1001 independent benchmark$4.69 per solved task
- Shared results
- 49
- Claude Fable 5.1 only
- 75
- Qwen3.7 Max only
- 10
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 scores 89.1 against 45.1.
2 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 leads, 53.4 against 29.5.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 leads, 57.9 against 22.5.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 leads, 93.4% against 90.2%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 leads, 92.4% against 89.3%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 leads, 1313 against 1274.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Max
Claude Fable 5.1 $0.035, Qwen3.7 Max $0.0037 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Max has the number, $4.69.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Fable 5.1 89.1 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3.7 Max 45.1 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Math, 39.4 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: Claude Fable 5.1 100.0% against Qwen3.7 Max 26.0%, 74.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Fable 5.1 $50.00 against Qwen3.7 Max $4.425 per million output tokens, 11.3x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1M tokens.
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 | Qwen3.7 Max | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 10 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 10 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 6 | 0 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 8 | 0 | ||
| General | 4 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 49 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index100
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 97.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1743 | 1515 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| AA Coding Index | 81.6 | 66.0 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 90.5% | 87.1% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 58.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 90.3% | 47.7% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 54.6% | 13.1% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| 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% | 61.0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| 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 |
| SciCode | 63.1% | 49.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 50.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Max 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% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| MirrorCode | 73.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2143.2 | 1189.4 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1532 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1530 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1792 | 1514 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1684 | 1512 | 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 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 53.4 | 29.5 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 166.5 | 154.0 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index100
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 57.9 | 22.5 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1318 | 1208 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1326 | 1191 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1267 | 1153 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1165 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1327 | 1187 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1161 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1158 | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1328 | 1196 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1374 | 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% | 47.8% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 49.2% | 15.8% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 55.3% | 25.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 76.7% | 57.0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| 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 | 94.7% | Only Qwen3.7 Max 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 |
| 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.4% | 90.2% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| 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% | 92.3% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 59.1% | 40.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 90.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| 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 |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 70.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Chess puzzles | 48.0% | 26.0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Mystery game puzzles | 58.0% | 32.0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| EBR-bench | 57.1% | 9.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1528 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1544 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1522 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1343 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1345 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | 95.6% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 90.2% | 64.6% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 87.8% | 34.1% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| ProofBench | 100.0% | 26.0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: math | 1531 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1541 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 92.4% | 89.3% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 88.5% | 84.9% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.7% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 76.0% | 75.3% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 70.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 53.5% | 38.8% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% | 55.8% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1532 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1531 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1514 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1493 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.7 Max | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1313 | 1274 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1338 | 1269 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1382 | 1265 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1344 | 1275 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1393 | 1266 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1336 | 1275 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1301 | 1216 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1324 | 1211 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LiveBench design | 83.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.7 Max | 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% | 79.4% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| IFBench | Not measured | 80.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Max measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 85.3% | 79.0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| DTBench | 97.6% | 92.3% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LMCA | 65.5% | 44.0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Furniture assembly | 70.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1512 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1518 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1509 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1319 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1506 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1508 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1584 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1499 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1562 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1517 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1523 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1520 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1520 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1525 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1493 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1524 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1510 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1497 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.1 measured |
| 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 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | Qwen3.7 Max | 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
Qwen3.7 Max$0.0037Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Max costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Claude Fable 5.1$0.650Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Max$0.087Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Max costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Claude Fable 5.1$2.50Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Max$0.339Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Max 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 | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 1, 2026 | May 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $10.00 | $1.475 |
| Output $/Mtok | $50.00 | $4.425 |
| Coding index | 89.1 | 45.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $4.69 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Qwen3.7 Max for coding?
Pick Claude Fable 5.1 for coding: it scores 89.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 45.1 for Qwen3.7 Max. Pick Qwen3.7 Max when output tokens cost 11.3x less.
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or Qwen3.7 Max?
Claude Fable 5.1 costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.475 and $4.425. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.7 Max only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Fable 5.1 or Qwen3.7 Max?
Neither: both take 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Fable 5.1 vs Qwen3.7 Max comparison based on?
49 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Fable 5.1's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Max's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.