Claude Fable 5.2 vs GPT-6.1 Terra
Claude Fable 5.2 leads GPT-6.1 Terra on coding, 87.8 to 76.4 on the Vibe Coding Index, and GPT-6.1 Terra costs 8.0x less per output token ($5.00 vs $40.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 48 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Fable 5.2 or GPT-6.1 Terra: which to pick
Pick Claude Fable 5.2 for coding: it scores 87.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 76.4 for GPT-6.1 Terra.
Pick GPT-6.1 Terra for output tokens 8.0x cheaper ($5.00 vs $40.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens).
- Shared results
- 48
- Claude Fable 5.2 only
- 20
- GPT-6.1 Terra only
- 7
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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
Claude Fable 5.2
Claude Fable 5.2 scores 87.8 against 76.4.
4 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Fable 5.2
Claude Fable 5.2 leads, 64.6 against 51.3.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Claude Fable 5.2
Claude Fable 5.2 leads, 1351 against 1287.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
Claude Fable 5.2
Claude Fable 5.2 leads, 71.3% against 60.5%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6.1 Terra
GPT-6.1 Terra takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-6.1 Terra
Claude Fable 5.2 $0.028, GPT-6.1 Terra $0.0035 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Fable 5.2 87.8 from 4 benchmarks, GPT-6.1 Terra 76.4 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Knowledge, 27.6 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: spreadsheets: Claude Fable 5.2 1434 against GPT-6.1 Terra 1027, 50.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Fable 5.2 $40.00 against GPT-6.1 Terra $5.00 per million output tokens, 8.0x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Fable 5.2 takes 1M tokens, GPT-6.1 Terra 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.
| Category | Claude Fable 5.2 | Bars | GPT-6.1 Terra | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 8 | 3 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 8 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 8 | 1 | ||
| Math | 2 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 2 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 4 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 40 | 8 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index83
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 79.2% | 89.2% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev | 1838 | 1678 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 65.2% | 49.5% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 93.8% | 84.0% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 19.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 62.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| SciCode | 67.7% | 55.1% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | 61.6% | 55.6% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 49.1% | 42.3% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| FrontierSWE | 69.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| MirrorCode | Not measured | 76.7% | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2509.8 | 2608.8 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1915 | 1664 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1738 | 1740 | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| GameBench 2 | 99.1 | 85.8 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Not measured | 51.8% | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 64.6 | 51.3 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 173.4 | 167.7 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index82
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1402 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1325 | 1169 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1434 | 1027 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| LiveBench research | 94.5% | 79.1% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| LiveBench browser | 86.9% | 93.1% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| LiveBench long agentic | 82.9% | 56.2% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 32.1% | 17.1% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 46.1% | 26.0% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 5.0% | 1.7% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 83.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 55.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Vals Science Index | 63.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 80.1% | 68.3% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Remote Labor Index | 41.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| SpireClimb | 15.5% | 22.3% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $9,107 | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index81
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 88.8% | 88.7% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 51.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 74.3% | 46.2% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.2% | 47.3% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.5% | 68.0% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 93.9% | 94.3% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 93.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| SimpleBench | 94.9% | 72.2% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Chess puzzles | 79.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 90.0% | 74.0% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| EBR-bench | 90.5% | 78.1% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Scale run) | 72.4% | 35.7% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| GoBench | 2566 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.7% | 100.0% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 95.1% | 90.9% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 100.0% | 92.7% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| ProofBench | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| MathArena | 82.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-Omniscience | 66.8 | 29.6 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 94.0% | 57.3% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | Not measured | 74.1% | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| PRBench Finance | 47.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| PRBench Legal | 49.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1351 | 1287 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1371 | 1289 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1396 | 1332 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1164 | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1517 | 1295 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1373 | 1299 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1290 | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| LiveBench design | 85.1% | 79.7% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 71.3% | 60.5% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| LiveBench data analysis | 81.5% | 82.3% | GPT-6.1 Terra |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.3% | 82.7% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| GDPval-AA | 1831 | 1476 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| DTBench | 99.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LMCA | 70.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 90.0% | 79.2% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| MultiChallenge | Not measured | 74.2% | Only GPT-6.1 Terra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 41 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | GPT-6.1 Terra | 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
GPT-6.1 Terra costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-6.1 Terra costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-6.1 Terra 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 5.2 | OpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | November 9, 2026 | October 26, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $8.00 | $1.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $40.00 | $5.00 |
| Coding index | 87.8 | 76.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Fable 5.2 better than GPT-6.1 Terra for coding?
Pick Claude Fable 5.2 for coding: it scores 87.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 76.4 for GPT-6.1 Terra. Pick GPT-6.1 Terra for output tokens 8.0x cheaper ($5.00 vs $40.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens).
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.2 or GPT-6.1 Terra?
Claude Fable 5.2 costs $8.00 per million input tokens and $40.00 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Terra costs $1.00 and $5.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Fable 5.2 or GPT-6.1 Terra?
GPT-6.1 Terra, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Fable 5.2 vs GPT-6.1 Terra comparison based on?
48 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 GPT-6.1 Terra's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.