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Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback)

AI model by Anthropic. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$10.00
Output$50.00
Blended (3:1)$20.00

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed59 tok/s
Time to First Token6580ms

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Editorial Analysis

Profile. Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) is a premium-tier model from Anthropic at $50.00/M output tokens. Benchmark scores (e.g. Coding Index 75.2) suggest it targets workloads where correctness matters more than cost — long-running agents, code generation at scale, and complex multi-step reasoning.

Latency. On latency, Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) reports 59 tok/s output speed and 6580ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.

Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Claude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Low Effort, Default Fallback) costs $15.00 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.

Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-09-06.

Compare with similar models

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$10.00$50.0059 tok/s
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GPT-6 Astra (max)
$10.00$50.00
GPT-6 Astra (low)
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GPT-6 Astra (high)
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Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0350
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$35.00
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$350.00
10.0M in / 5.0M out