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Context window, output limits, and API pricing for Fable 5 next to Claude Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 4.6 — public data, clearly dated and sourced.
| Spec | Fable 5 | Opus 4.8 · Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M · 1M |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 128K · 64K |
| Input price / 1M tokens | $10 | $5 · $3 |
| Output price / 1M tokens | $50 | $25 · $15 |
| Thinking | Adaptive only | Adaptive |
| Tier | Flagship — above Opus | Opus · Sonnet |
Source: Anthropic public pricing and model documentation. Data as of June 10, 2026. Anthropic Docs
A plain-language guide to Anthropic’s Fable 5 model: what it is, what it costs, how to access it, and how to prompt it well. Facts dated June 10, 2026.
Claude Fable 5 is Anthropic's flagship AI model, released on June 9, 2026. Anthropic describes it as a Mythos-class model made safe for general use: its capabilities exceed any model the company has previously made generally available, with state-of-the-art results in software engineering, knowledge work, vision, and scientific research. New safeguards block responses in specific high-risk areas, and a small share of sensitive queries are answered by Claude Opus 4.8 instead.
Fable 5 offers a 1M-token context window and up to 128K output tokens. API pricing is $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens — double Opus 4.8 — with a 90% input discount on cached prompt content. The model uses adaptive thinking only: classic sampling knobs like temperature and top_p are removed, so output style is steered through prompting, and an effort parameter (low to max) trades depth against speed and cost.
Official channels: the Claude apps on paid plans (included on Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise until June 22, 2026, then via usage credits), the Claude API under the model ID claude-fable-5, AWS, Google Cloud, and Moely AI. Routers such as OpenRouter list it as anthropic/claude-fable-5.
Fable 5 follows instructions more literally than older models, which rewards precise prompts: state the role, one line of context, the task, the output format, and hard constraints. For long agentic tasks, put the full specification in the first message rather than drip-feeding it. Because sampling parameters are gone, ask for variation explicitly when you want it.
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