Claude Fable 5.1 vs Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B: Release Comparison

Name: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Creator: Artificial Analysis
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Comparison of the Claude Fable 5.1 and Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B releases: 5 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 7 models.

For intelligence, Claude Fable 5.1 scores highest: Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) at 53, against Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning) at 7 for Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B.
For output speed, Claude Fable 5.1 is fastest: Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) at 66 t/s, against Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Non-reasoning) at 43 t/s for Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B.

Releases compared

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase, GDPval-AA v2, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1

Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 includes: AA-Briefcase, GDPval-AA v2, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1. See Intelligence Index methodology for further details, including a breakdown of each evaluation and how we run them.

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task

Most attractive quadrant

Claude Fable 5.1

Pareto line

Weighted average cost per Intelligence Index task. Each evaluation’s cost is calculated from input, cache hit, cache write, reasoning, and answer token prices, divided by task count, and weighted by its Intelligence Index weight.

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Tokens per second received while the model is generating tokens (ie. after first chunk has been received from the API for models which support streaming).

Figures represent performance of the model's first-party API (e.g. OpenAI for o1) or the median across providers where a first-party API is not available (e.g. Meta's Llama models).

Capability Scores

Capability Indices

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries

Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

Further details


																												Input modality	Output modality	Weights		Provider Benchmarks
Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback)	Anthropic	53	57	60	61	58	57	63	$7.63	$7.2	$10.00	$50.00	$0.25	$13,129	78k	47k	188M	66	234.98s	234.98s	242.56s	755.04s	-	1M	Sep 2026	-	Yes	Supports: text and image	Supports: text	Not available	-	View
Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort, Default Fallback)	Anthropic	53	56	58	61	-	57	62	$5.98	$7.2	$10.00	$50.00	$0.25	$9,063	61k	34k	121M	58	85.53s	85.53s	94.12s	677.63s	-	1M	Sep 2026	-	Yes	Supports: text and image	Supports: text	Not available	-	View
Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort, Default Fallback)	Anthropic	51	54	56	58	-	55	60	$3.91	$7.2	$10.00	$50.00	$0.25	$5,242	38k	19k	62M	51	12.45s	12.45s	22.32s	469.10s	-	1M	Sep 2026	-	Yes	Supports: text and image	Supports: text	Not available	-	View
Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Medium Effort, Default Fallback)	Anthropic	49	52	54	57	-	52	58	$2.98	$7.2	$10.00	$50.00	$0.25	$3,983	28k	12k	44M	51	7.47s	7.47s	17.31s	333.43s	-	1M	Sep 2026	-	Yes	Supports: text and image	Supports: text	Not available	-	View
Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback)	Anthropic	47	49	52	54	-	49	55	$2.37	$7.2	$10.00	$50.00	$0.25	$3,158	22k	8k	33M	50	5.13s	5.13s	15.04s	280.39s	-	1M	Sep 2026	-	Yes	Supports: text and image	Supports: text	Not available	-	View
Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)	Nous Research	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1.2	$1.00	$3.00	-	-	-	-	-	42	2.46s	49.60s	61.38s	-	406B	128k	Aug 2025	-	Yes	Supports: text	Supports: text	🤗	META LLAMA 3 COMMUNITY LICENSE AGREEMENT	View
Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Non-reasoning)	Nous Research	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1.2	$1.00	$3.00	-	-	-	-	-	43	2.38s	2.38s	13.93s	-	406B	128k	Aug 2025	-	No	Supports: text	Supports: text	🤗	META LLAMA 3 COMMUNITY LICENSE AGREEMENT	View

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B: Release Comparison

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output Speed

Model Performance Representation

Capability Scores

Capability Indices

Further details