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| Attribute | Claude Fable 5.2claude-fable-5.2 | Claude Opus 4.8claude-opus-4-8 |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Input | $8.00 / 1M | $5.00 / 1M |
| Output | $40.00 / 1M | $25.00 / 1M |
| Cache Write (5m) | $10.00 / 1M | $6.25 / 1M |
| Cache Write (1h) | $16.00 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Cache Read | $0.20 / 1M | $0.50 / 1M |
| Web Search | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Context | ||
| Max context | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | ||
| Vision | Yes | Yes |
| Function Calling | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Mode | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | Yes |
| Catalogue | ||
| Provider | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Category | chat | chat |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go |
| Released | — | — |
| Description | ||
| Summary | Claude Fable 5.2 is Anthropic's most capable model for advanced technical work and open-ended problem solving, delivering significant improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision over Fable 5.1. It excels at exceptionally complex tasks, including large-scale software migrations, electronic system design, and advanced scientific and mathematical research. With up to 30% faster output generation, clearer communication, and always-on adaptive extended thinking, Fable 5.2 supports configurable reasoning effort from low to max (default high), with thinking preserved across turns. Designed for frontier engineering, scientific discovery, and ambitious long-horizon agentic workflows, it complements Opus 5.5 as a specialized option for the most demanding technical challenges. | Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic's most capable generally available model in the Opus family, designed for highly autonomous agents, long-horizon workflows, and advanced knowledge work. It supports text, image, and file inputs with text output, includes reasoning capabilities, and features a 1M-token context window for maintaining coherence across extended tasks and sessions. The model excels at multi-step reasoning, complex coding, and end-to-end project orchestration, including large codebases, multi-stage debugging, and long-running asynchronous agent pipelines. Beyond software engineering, it is highly effective for document drafting, presentation creation, data analysis, and memory-driven workflows, delivering consistent quality across very long outputs and complex projects. |