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Claude Fable 5.1 vs Phi 4
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 15 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Claude Fable 5.1 or Phi 4? The short answer
- Phi 4 is cheaper: $0.088 against $20.00 per million tokens, 229 times less.
- Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 53.4 against 5.9.
- Claude Fable 5.1 writes faster: 71 tokens a second against 42.
- On our business benchmarks, Claude Fable 5.1 ranks higher for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge and writing.
- On our business benchmarks, Phi 4 ranks higher for sticking to the facts.
At a glance
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Phi 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $10.00 in · $50.00 out | $0.070 in · $0.14 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $20.00 | $0.088 |
| Cheapest host, blended | $20.00 (Azure) | – |
| Intelligence Index | 53.4 | 5.9 |
| Spring Prompt overall | 65 | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | 71 | 42 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 16,384 tokens |
| Weights | Closed | Open |
| Developer based in | the US | the US |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.
| Use case | Claude Fable 5.1 | Phi 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live | 14 of 19 | not measured |
| Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is | 6 of 18 | not measured |
| Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending | 6 of 18 | not measured |
| Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls | 14 of 161 | 122 of 161 |
| Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects | 4 of 51 | not measured |
| Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge | 4 of 195 | 178 of 195 |
| WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality | 15 of 187 | 175 of 187 |
| Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers | 4 of 153 | 3 of 153 |
| Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) | 22 of 22 | not measured |
Every shared result
| Benchmark | Metric | Claude Fable 5.1 | Phi 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Business, management and financeArena rating | 1,485 | 1,256 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Creative writingArena rating | 1,484 | 1,210 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Expert promptsArena rating | 1,516 | 1,268 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Instruction followingArena rating | 1,497 | 1,245 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | OverallArena rating | 1,501 | 1,256 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Writing, literature and languageArena rating | 1,496 | 1,229 |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score | 53.4 | 5.90 |
| Artificial Analysisreported | GPQA Diamond% of questions | 93.7% | 57.5% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Humanity's Last Exam% of questions | 59.1% | 3.8% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions | 85.3% | 0.0% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Output speedtokens per second | 70.6 | 42.3 |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Time to first answer tokenseconds | 2.11 | 1.03 |
| UGI Leaderboardreported | Requested-length error% off the requested word count | 3.0% | 19.0% |
| UGI Leaderboardreported | Style adherencescore from 0 to 1 | 0.43 | 0.34 |
| UGI Leaderboardreported | Writing scorescore out of 100 | 63.9 | 25.7 |
Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.
Quick answers
Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Phi 4?
It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Claude Fable 5.1 ranks higher for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge and writing; Phi 4 ranks higher for sticking to the facts.
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or Phi 4?
Phi 4 costs $0.088 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $20.00 for Claude Fable 5.1.
Which is faster, Claude Fable 5.1 or Phi 4?
Claude Fable 5.1 writes about 71 tokens a second on its usual API, against 42 for Phi 4 (Artificial Analysis).
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