GPT-5.2 Pro vs Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Fable 5 comes out ahead, 65 to 61 and 56 on our weighted score, though Claude Opus 4.6 is 2× cheaper per token.
OpenAIGPT-5.2 Pro
56/100- ECI155.4
- Price$21.00 / $168.00
- Context400K
- Our pick
AnthropicClaude Fable 5
65/100- ECI162.2
- Price$10.00 / $50.00
- Context1M
- Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
61/100- ECI155.3
- Price$5.00 / $25.00
- Context1M
Claude Fable 5 is our pick
Claude Fable 5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 65/100 against Claude Opus 4.6 (61) and GPT-5.2 Pro (56). It leads on capability. Claude Opus 4.6 wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityClaude Fable 5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Fable 5 162.2 · GPT-5.2 Pro 155.4 · Claude Opus 4.6 155.3
- Lowest priceClaude Opus 4.6Claude Opus 4.6 $10.00 · Claude Fable 5 $20.00 · GPT-5.2 Pro $57.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextClaude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.6Claude Fable 5 1,000,000 · Claude Opus 4.6 1,000,000 · GPT-5.2 Pro 400,000 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.6GPT-5.2 Pro: Text, Images · Claude Fable 5: Text, Images, PDFs · Claude Opus 4.6: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | GPT-5.2 Pro | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 85 | 94 | 85 |
| Price | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 60 | 80 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 44 | 60 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 56/100 | 65/100 | 61/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | Claude Fable 5Anthropic | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 155.4 | 162.2 (best) | 155.3 |
| ECI rank | #25 of 148 | #7 of 148 (best) | #27 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 85.9% | 90.5% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 74.0% | 87.0% (best) | 66.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | 100% (best) | 94.4% |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | — | — | 78.7% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 70.7% (best) | 47.0% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $21.00 | $10.00 | $5.00 (best) |
| Output | $168.00 | $50.00 | $25.00 (best) |
| Cached input | — | $1.00 | $0.50 (best) |
| Blended (3:1) | $57.75 | $20.00 | $10.00 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Official Anthropic API | Official Anthropic API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 400,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens (best) | 1,000,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yesmedium · high · xhigh | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max | Yeslow · medium · high · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gpt-5.2-pro | claude-fable-5 | claude-opus-4-6 |
| API providers | 8 | 38 (best) | 33 |
| Released | Dec 11, 2025 | Jun 9, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Aug 31, 2025 | Jan 31, 2026 | May 31, 2025 |
What would a month cost?
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- GPT-5.2 Pro$546.00
- Claude Fable 5$200.00
- Claude Opus 4.6$100.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-5.2 Pro, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Opus 4.6?
Claude Fable 5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 65/100 against Claude Opus 4.6 (61) and GPT-5.2 Pro (56). It leads on capability. Claude Opus 4.6 wins on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.2 Pro, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Opus 4.6?
Claude Opus 4.6 is cheaper at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). Claude Fable 5 costs $10.00 input / $50.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price); GPT-5.2 Pro costs $21.00 input / $168.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $10.00 per million tokens for Claude Opus 4.6 versus $20.00 for Claude Fable 5 (2× as much) and $57.75 for GPT-5.2 Pro (5.8× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Claude Fable 5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Fable 5 162.2 (#7 of 148), GPT-5.2 Pro 155.4 (#25 of 148) and Claude Opus 4.6 155.3 (#27 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (159.6–166.1 vs 153.0–158.2), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Claude Fable 5 87.0%, GPT-5.2 Pro 74.0%, Claude Opus 4.6 66.0%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-5.2 Pro and Claude Fable 5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Fable 5 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.6 have the largest context windows (1,000,000 and 1,000,000 tokens), against 400,000 for GPT-5.2 Pro. Maximum output per response: GPT-5.2 Pro up to 128,000, Claude Fable 5 up to 128,000, Claude Opus 4.6 up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-5.2 Pro accepts text and images; Claude Fable 5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Claude Opus 4.6 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Fable 5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. GPT-5.2 Pro, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.6 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Claude Fable 5 is the newest, released Jun 9, 2026. Claude Opus 4.6 came out Feb 5, 2026; GPT-5.2 Pro came out Dec 11, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5.2 Pro Aug 31, 2025, Claude Fable 5 Jan 31, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 May 31, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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