# Anthropic says Fable 5.2 nearly doubles its predecessor’s hardware-design score. Token prices fell 20%, but the cost per task doubled at full effort.

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> Published: 2026-11-09 23:41:01+00:00

Fable 5.2 scored 83.5 on BenchCAD 2.1, up from Fable 5.1’s 44.4. Token prices fell 20%, but cost per index task at max effort rose to $26.54 from $12.99.

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