Claude Fable 5 (High)
AnthropicProprietary
Claude Fable 5 (High) is a vision-language model from Anthropic. It ranks 1 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1325±7 from 14,714 votes. Its best category is OCR (#1 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Anthropic
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #1 of 167: top tier, suited to demanding image-understanding work.
- Strongest category: OCR (#1 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through Anthropic’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5 (High) Anthropic | 1325 | 14,714 | Proprietary | |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5.5 (High) Anthropic | 1321 | 3,035 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 (High) Anthropic | 1320 | 17,743 | Proprietary | -5 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) Anthropic | 1319 | 5,026 | Proprietary | -6 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic | 1317 | 23,139 | Proprietary | -8 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6 (High) Anthropic | 1316 | 22,286 | Proprietary | -9 |
| 7 |  Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) Google | 1315 | 4,645 | Proprietary | -10 |
Alternatives · More from Anthropic
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Claude Opus 5.5 (High) Anthropic | 1321 | 3,035 | Proprietary |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 (High) Anthropic | 1320 | 17,743 | Proprietary |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) Anthropic | 1319 | 5,026 | Proprietary |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic | 1317 | 23,139 | Proprietary |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6 (High) Anthropic | 1316 | 22,286 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Claude Fable 5 (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 1 (1325); OCR rank 1 (1337); Diagrams rank 1 (1357); Homework rank 2 (1361); Creative writing rank 2 (1338); Humor rank 2 (1341); English rank 2 (1323); Chinese rank 8 (1373) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Claude Fable 5 (High) at OCR?
Claude Fable 5 (High) ranks 1 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1337 (10,497 votes).
Is Claude Fable 5 (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #8 of 128 (1373); English board: #2 of 167 (1323). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Claude Fable 5 (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Anthropic’s apps or API.
How far is Claude Fable 5 (High) from #1?
Claude Fable 5 (High) is #1 overall (1325), 4 points ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 (High).
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.