Claude Fable 5 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Claude Fable 5 leads DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 on coding, 79.3 to 51.8 on the Vibe Coding Index, and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs 178.6x less per output token ($0.28 vs $50.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 51 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Fable 5 or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: which to pick
Pick Claude Fable 5 for coding: it scores 79.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 51.8 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 for output tokens 178.6x cheaper ($0.28 vs $50.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.01 against $2.16).
- Shared results
- 51
- Claude Fable 5 only
- 76
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 only
- 4
- 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
Claude Fable 5 scores 79.3 against 51.8.
6 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 49.6 against 34.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 50.7 against 41.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 93.2% against 89.9%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 91.5% against 86.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 1296 against 1238.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Claude Fable 5 $0.035, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Claude Fable 5 $2.16, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.01.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Fable 5 79.3 from 6 benchmarks, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 51.8 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 35.0 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierMath, tier 4: Claude Fable 5 90.2% against DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 24.4%, 65.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Fable 5 $50.00 against DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.28 per million output tokens, 178.6x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Fable 5 takes 1M tokens, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 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 | Bars | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 12 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 6 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 8 | 1 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 6 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 8 | 0 | ||
| General | 4 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 50 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index120
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 98.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1624 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 76.5 | 69.1 | Claude Fable 5 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 89.8% | 87.3% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 95.0% | 88.8% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 41.4% | 18.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 90.3% | 74.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 55.1% | 38.6% | Claude Fable 5 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 2.0% | 0.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.7% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 80.5% | 67.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.7% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.1% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| SciCode | 61.0% | 50.3% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 62.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| FrontierCode | 53.5% | 18.8% | Claude Fable 5 |
| FrontierSWE | 47.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 78.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| WeirdML | 91.9% | 63.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| MirrorCode | 63.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2041.3 | 1306.1 | Claude Fable 5 |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1518 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1513 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1631 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1651 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1623 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 49.6 | 34.3 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 163.4 | 154.8 | Claude Fable 5 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 50.7 | 41.0 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1261 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1280 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1264 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1283 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1292 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1285 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1277 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1295 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LiveBench research | 86.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 92.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 53.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 56.3% | 49.5% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 38.3% | 28.1% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 49.5% | 30.3% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 73.7% | 57.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.4% | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 15.7% | 4.3% | Claude Fable 5 |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 98.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 63.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 16.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| PostTrainBench | 41.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $5,680 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Search | 1229 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index81
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.2% | 89.9% | Claude Fable 5 |
| LiveBench reasoning | 89.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 89.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 92.6% | 90.8% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 55.5% | 38.6% | Claude Fable 5 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 85.9% | 91.0% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | 89.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | 61.4% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SimpleBench | 81.9% | 61.1% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Chess puzzles | 47.0% | 32.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Mystery game puzzles | 52.0% | 34.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| EBR-bench | 39.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1507 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1534 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1509 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1357 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1361 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 91.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | 94.4% | Claude Fable 5 |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 87.0% | 57.5% | Claude Fable 5 |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 90.2% | 24.4% | Claude Fable 5 |
| ProofBench | 95.0% | 56.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| LMArena Text: math | 1516 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1515 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 91.5% | 86.2% | Claude Fable 5 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 88.6% | 77.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 71.8% | 61.9% | Claude Fable 5 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 76.9% | 70.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 56.1% | 41.4% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.7% | 33.6% | Claude Fable 5 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1506 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1480 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1498 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1480 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1296 | 1238 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1319 | 1235 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1335 | 1208 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1304 | 1180 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1319 | 1209 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1310 | 1230 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1302 | 1185 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1329 | 1090 | Claude Fable 5 |
| LiveBench design | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 70.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 51.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 88.5% | 80.4% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 74.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| IFBench | 63.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 82.3% | 79.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| DTBench | 98.4% | 90.9% | Claude Fable 5 |
| LMCA | 61.2% | 41.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 95.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 35.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1491 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1502 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1494 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1325 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1498 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1482 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1543 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1486 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1504 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1487 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1505 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1498 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1503 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1494 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1504 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1510 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1501 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1482 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1323 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1373 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1337 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1341 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1338 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMArena Document | 1496 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 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 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | 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
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 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 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 9, 2026 | July 31, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $50.00 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | 79.3 | 51.8 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 6 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.16 | $0.01 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Fable 5 better than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 for coding?
Pick Claude Fable 5 for coding: it scores 79.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 51.8 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 for output tokens 178.6x cheaper ($0.28 vs $50.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.01 against $2.16).
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?
Claude Fable 5 costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs $0.14 and $0.28. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Claude Fable 5 costs $2.16 and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.01.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Fable 5 or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731?
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Fable 5 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 comparison based on?
51 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Claude Fable 5's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.