Claude Fable 5 vs Ling 3.0 Flash
Claude Fable 5 leads Ling 3.0 Flash on coding, 79.3 to 29.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Ling 3.0 Flash costs 411.5x less per output token ($0.1215 vs $50.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 23 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Fable 5 or Ling 3.0 Flash: which to pick
Pick Claude Fable 5 for coding: it scores 79.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 29.6 for Ling 3.0 Flash.
Pick Ling 3.0 Flash for output tokens 411.5x cheaper ($0.1215 vs $50.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.05 against $2.16).
- Shared results
- 23
- Claude Fable 5 only
- 104
- Ling 3.0 Flash only
- 1
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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 29.6.
6 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 49.6 against 20.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 50.7 against 19.3.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 93.2% against 84.8%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 leads, 91.5% against 82.0%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Claude Fable 5 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1295.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 takes 1M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash
Claude Fable 5 $0.035, Ling 3.0 Flash $0.0001 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Ling 3.0 Flash
Claude Fable 5 $2.16, Ling 3.0 Flash $0.05.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Fable 5 79.3 from 6 benchmarks, Ling 3.0 Flash 29.6 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 38.9 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Claude Fable 5 90.3% against Ling 3.0 Flash 2.9%, 87.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Fable 5 $50.00 against Ling 3.0 Flash $0.1215 per million output tokens, 411.5x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Fable 5 takes 1M tokens, Ling 3.0 Flash 262K.
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 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 4 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 0 | ||
| General | 3 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 23 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | 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 | 50.6 | Claude Fable 5 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 89.8% | 84.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 95.0% | 65.2% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 90.3% | 2.9% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 55.1% | 0.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 2.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 80.5% | 50.2% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.9% | Only Ling 3.0 Flash measured |
| SciCode | 61.0% | 42.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 62.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| FrontierCode | 53.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 47.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 78.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| WeirdML | 91.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| MirrorCode | 63.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2041.3 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| 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 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 49.6 | 20.1 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 163.4 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 50.7 | 19.3 | 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 | 1284 | 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 | 1227 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1270 | 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% | 30.3% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 38.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 49.5% | 0.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 73.7% | 25.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 15.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| 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 18 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.2% | 84.8% | 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% | 85.5% | Claude Fable 5 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 55.5% | 23.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 85.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| SimpleBench | 81.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 47.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 52.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| 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 | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 87.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 90.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| ProofBench | 95.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| 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 index50
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 91.5% | 82.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 88.6% | 79.7% | 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% | 32.3% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| 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 designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1295 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1316 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1335 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1304 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1318 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1310 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1302 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1329 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LiveBench design | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 70.4% | 50.7% | Claude Fable 5 |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 51.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 88.5% | 80.9% | 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% | 73.0% | Claude Fable 5 |
| DTBench | 98.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| LMCA | 61.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5 measured |
| 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 | Ling 3.0 Flash | 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
Ling 3.0 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Ling 3.0 Flash 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 | inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | inclusionAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 9, 2026 | July 23, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.0405 |
| Output $/Mtok | $50.00 | $0.1215 |
| Coding index | 79.3 | 29.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 6 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.16 | $0.05 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Fable 5 better than Ling 3.0 Flash for coding?
Pick Claude Fable 5 for coding: it scores 79.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 29.6 for Ling 3.0 Flash. Pick Ling 3.0 Flash for output tokens 411.5x cheaper ($0.1215 vs $50.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.05 against $2.16).
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Claude Fable 5 costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; Ling 3.0 Flash costs $0.0405 and $0.1215. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Claude Fable 5 costs $2.16 and Ling 3.0 Flash $0.05.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Fable 5 or Ling 3.0 Flash?
Claude Fable 5, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Fable 5 vs Ling 3.0 Flash comparison based on?
23 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Fable 5's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and Ling 3.0 Flash's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.