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Claude Fable 5.2 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Claude Fable 5.2 leads Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview on coding, 87.8 to 32.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs 3.3x less per output token ($12.00 vs $40.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.

Claude Fable 5.2Anthropic
Coding
87.8
Overall
91.7
Output $/M
$40.00
44
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle
Coding
32.3
Overall
56.0
Output $/M
$12.00
1
vs boards won of 45 shared

Claude Fable 5.2 or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: which to pick

Pick Claude Fable 5.2 for coding: it scores 87.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 32.3 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.

Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($12.00 vs $40.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens).

Shared results
45
Claude Fable 5.2 only
23
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview only
98
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.

At a glance

Coding index
Claude Fable 5.2 87.8 from 4 benchmarks, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 32.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 48.3 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
GDPval-AA: Claude Fable 5.2 1831 against Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 799, 85.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Claude Fable 5.2 $40.00 against Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $12.00 per million output tokens, 3.3x apart.
Context window
Claude Fable 5.2 takes 1M tokens, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 1.05M.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryClaude Fable 5.2BarsGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewTies
Coding100
Agentic work90
Reasoning91
Math50
Knowledge10
Web design50
General50
All shared boards441
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index100
Coding benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
LiveBench coding79.2%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
LMArena WebDev18381446Claude Fable 5.2
AA Coding IndexNot measured68.8Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured88.5%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured78.8%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)65.2%2.5%Claude Fable 5.2
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)93.8%32.0%Claude Fable 5.2
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured17.3%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)19.0%0.0%Claude Fable 5.2
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured51.8%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured70.8%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)62.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)Not measured6.7%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
SciCode67.7%58.7%Claude Fable 5.2
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured53.8%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run)61.6%4.0%Claude Fable 5.2
FrontierCode 2.049.1%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Terminal-BenchNot measured80.2%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
FrontierSWE69.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
GSO-BenchNot measured22.6%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
WeirdMLNot measured72.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
MirrorCodeNot measured8.9%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
ALE-Bench2509.81160.6Claude Fable 5.2
LMArena Text: codingNot measured1483Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: software and ITNot measured1486Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena WebDev: React19151437Claude Fable 5.2
LMArena WebDev: HTML17381489Claude Fable 5.2
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1480Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
SciCodeNot measured14.3%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
GameBench 299.165.0Claude Fable 5.2
CursorBench 4.060.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Intelligence benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
AA Intelligence Index64.6Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Epoch Capabilities Index173.4Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Agentic work benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured8.2Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1102Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps14021042Claude Fable 5.2
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps13251086Claude Fable 5.2
Design Arena: agents building Android appsNot measured1035Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot gamesNot measured1143Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: agents building gamesNot measured1057Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: HTML slidesNot measured1048Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slidesNot measured1035Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1434944Claude Fable 5.2
LiveBench research94.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
LiveBench browser86.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
LiveBench long agentic82.9%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
SREBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured43.0%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)32.1%9.3%Claude Fable 5.2
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)46.1%20.7%Claude Fable 5.2
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)5.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured52.6%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)83.7%60.0%Claude Fable 5.2
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)55.7%1.4%Claude Fable 5.2
Vals Science Index63.7%27.4%Claude Fable 5.2
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured95.6%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
APEX-Agents80.1%35.1%Claude Fable 5.2
METR time horizonsNot measured77.0%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Remote Labor Index41.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
BALROGNot measured57.0%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
DeepResearch BenchNot measured47.8%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
PostTrainBenchNot measured18.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
SpireClimb15.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$911Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
MCP AtlasNot measured78.2%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
τ³-BankingNot measured26.0%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index91
Reasoning benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured95.5%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LiveBench reasoning88.8%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)51.8%20.7%Claude Fable 5.2
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured88.2%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured94.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)74.3%47.0%Claude Fable 5.2
HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)80.2%31.4%Claude Fable 5.2
CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run)76.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)93.9%94.4%Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
ARC-AGI98.5%98.0%Claude Fable 5.2
ARC-AGI-293.8%77.1%Claude Fable 5.2
SimpleBench94.9%79.6%Claude Fable 5.2
Chess puzzles79.0%51.0%Claude Fable 5.2
Mystery game puzzles90.0%34.0%Claude Fable 5.2
EBR-bench90.5%14.3%Claude Fable 5.2
LMArena Text: hard promptsNot measured1485Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: expertNot measured1483Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in EnglishNot measured1480Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1311Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1317Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Scale run)72.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
GoBench2566Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Math benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
AIMENot measured98.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
OTIS Mock AIME99.7%95.6%Claude Fable 5.2
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 395.1%59.6%Claude Fable 5.2
FrontierMath, tier 4100.0%26.8%Claude Fable 5.2
ProofBench100.0%26.0%Claude Fable 5.2
LMArena Text: mathNot measured1485Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: mathematical workNot measured1476Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
MathArena82.8%28.1%Claude Fable 5.2
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Knowledge benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
MMLU ProNot measured91.0%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured87.4%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured64.8%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured64.5%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured72.9%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured69.4%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured96.4%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured59.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
AA-Omniscience66.8Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
SimpleQA Verified94.0%73.5%Claude Fable 5.2
GeoBenchNot measured84.0%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: scienceNot measured1496Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcareNot measured1486Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: legal and governmentNot measured1486Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: business and financeNot measured1460Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
FACTS Benchmark SuiteNot measured69.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
PRBench Finance47.1%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
PRBench Legal49.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
Design Arena: websites13511226Claude Fable 5.2
Design Arena: UI components13711215Claude Fable 5.2
Design Arena: game dev13961191Claude Fable 5.2
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1206Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: 3D15171214Claude Fable 5.2
Design Arena: all code categories13731220Claude Fable 5.2
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1275Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1265Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LiveBench design85.1%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
General benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
Vals Index71.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
LiveBench data analysis81.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Fable 5.2 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured53.8%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured83.2%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured76.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured56.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
IFBenchNot measured77.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)83.3%82.0%Claude Fable 5.2
GDPval-AA1831799Claude Fable 5.2
DTBench99.2%97.1%Claude Fable 5.2
LMCA70.6%53.8%Claude Fable 5.2
CL-benchNot measured20.8%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Furniture assembly90.0%26.7%Claude Fable 5.2
ExploitBenchNot measured26.1%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
CL-bench LifeNot measured16.9%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena TextNot measured1480Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: instruction followingNot measured1465Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: creative writingNot measured1483Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena VisionNot measured1296Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: EnglishNot measured1478Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: non-EnglishNot measured1476Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: ChineseNot measured1528Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1491Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1492Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1456Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1487Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1479Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: RussianNot measured1497Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1498Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: multi-turnNot measured1486Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: longer queriesNot measured1482Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: writing and languageNot measured1481Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and mediaNot measured1465Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1287Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1362Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1304Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1323Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1343Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1329Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1324Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1443Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
MultiChallengeNot measured71.4%Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
EQ-Bench 4Not measured1132Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.2Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewLeader
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 5.2$0.028Fits in one request
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.0080Fits in one request

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Claude Fable 5.2$0.520Fits in one request
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.136Fits in one request

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Claude Fable 5.2$2.00Fits in one request
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.520Fits in one request

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 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.

Specifications of Claude Fable 5.2 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
SpecificationAnthropic Claude Fable 5.2Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
MakerAnthropicGoogle
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedNovember 9, 2026February 19, 2026
Context window1M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$8.00$2.00
Output $/Mtok$40.00$12.00
Coding index87.832.3
Independent measurements behind it44
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.99
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Claude Fable 5.2 better than Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview for coding?

Pick Claude Fable 5.2 for coding: it scores 87.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 32.3 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview. Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview for output tokens 3.3x cheaper ($12.00 vs $40.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens).

Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.2 or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview?

Claude Fable 5.2 costs $8.00 per million input tokens and $40.00 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs $2.00 and $12.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview only.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Fable 5.2 or Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the Claude Fable 5.2 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview comparison based on?

45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Claude Fable 5.2's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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