Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)
This page compares Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic) and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on output price at $0.4/1M. Claude Fable 5 has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.
Anthropic
Claude Fable 5Anthropic top-tier long-horizon model. Official API $10/$50 per 1M tokens (Claude Platform pricing, Aug 2026).
Alibaba
Qwen2.5 72B InstructAuto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen-2.5-72b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.
thinking_budgetReasoning models scale test-time compute by generating hidden chain-of-thought (CoT) tokens. These tokens are billed at standard output rates and directly expand latency (TTFT) in exchange for higher GPQA Diamond and SWE-bench Verified problem resolve rates.
Official evaluation benchmark budget for SWE-bench and LiveBench.
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"type": "enabled",
"budget_tokens": 16384
}"reasoning": {
"effort": "medium",
"max_tokens": 3200
}Instant pairwise benchmark recalculation across 400+ LLMs
Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.
Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy
Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness
Cost per million tokens and max context window length
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No shared data
No shared data
$49.60/1M cheaper
Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is estimated to save $1,081.40/month ($12,977/year).
Need SWE-bench on both sides.
Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Need TTFT on both sides.
Larger window (1M).
Claude Fable 5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
| Target Workload | Recommended Pick | Evaluation Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Repo / coding agents | insufficient data | Need SWE-bench on both sides. |
| High-volume chat | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Lower output list price ($0.4/1M). |
| Voice / low-latency UI | insufficient data | Need TTFT on both sides. |
| Long-document RAG | Claude Fable 5 | Larger window (1M). |
| Screenshots / vision | Claude Fable 5 | Claude Fable 5 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog. |
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