Claude Fable 5.1 vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Claude Fable 5.1 and Qwen3.6 35B A3B 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 Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) at 19 for Qwen3.6 35B A3B.
- For output speed, Qwen3.6 35B A3B is fastest: Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) at 134 t/s, against Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) at 66 t/s for Claude Fable 5.1.
- For cost per task, Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheapest: Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) at $0.48, against Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) at $2.37 for Claude Fable 5.1.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
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
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
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
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | - | | |
| 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 | - | | |
| 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 | - | | |
| 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 | - | | |
| 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 | - | | |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) |  Alibaba | 19 | 19 | 14 | 22 | - | 22 | 30 | $0.48 | $0.6 | $0.375 | $2.25 | - | $896 | 35k | 13k | 161M | 127 | 2.09s | 44.50s | 48.43s | 256.66s | 36B 3B active at inference time | 262k | Apr 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text |   +4 | |||
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.6 | $0.375 | $2.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 134 | 2.06s | 2.06s | 5.79s | - | 36B 3B active at inference time | 262k | Apr 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |   +3 | |||