# Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 dominates new industry benchmarks at a steep premium

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/anthropics-claude-fable-5-dominates-new-industry-benchmarks-at-a-steep-premium/>
> Published: 2026-07-08 15:59:12+00:00

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 tops all six new industry-specific performance indices from Artificial Analysis, covering finance, law, and medicine. But that lead comes at a steep cost. In the Strategy & Ops Index, a single task runs $3.48 with Fable 5, more than a hundred times what DeepSeek V4 Pro charges at $0.03. The score difference is just 12 points.

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