Claude-fable-5-1 is Anthropic's most capable newly released model, suitable for the most demanding reasoning and long-running agent work. Claude Fable 5.1, while keeping input and output prices the same as Claude Fable 5, reduces cache read prices to one quarter of the original and is more capable for long-running agent programming, multi-step research, and document, spreadsheet, and slide processing. (The model is extremely expensive and not recommended for casual use.)
Claude Fable 5.1 vs GLM 5.2
Compare Claude Fable 5.1 from Anthropic and GLM 5.2 from Z.AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
GLM 5.2GLM-5.2 is Z.ai’s flagship model for the era of long-horizon tasks. With a truly usable 1M-token context window, it can handle project-level engineering context, execute long-running tasks more reliably, follow engineering standards more consistently, and complete the full development workflow from requirements to multi-platform deployment in a single task.
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.
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FAQ
Which is cheaper: Claude Fable 5.1, GLM 5.2?
GLM 5.2: $3.94/M output tokens; Claude Fable 5.1: $55.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
Which responds faster?
GLM 5.2: 1.2s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
How large is each context window?
Claude Fable 5.1 accepts 1,000,000 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on Claude Fable 5.1 and 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2.
Which one generates tokens faster?
GLM 5.2 at 41.9 tok/s and Claude Fable 5.1 at 40.4 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Claude Fable 5.1 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.
Can I call Claude Fable 5.1 and GLM 5.2 with the same API key?
Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.
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