Anthropic
Claude Fable 5
Released
2026-06-09
License
proprietary
Context window
1,000K tokens
Knowledge cutoff
2026-01
Pricing
$10.00 in / $50.00 out per 1M tokens — official pricing
In plain English: First 'Mythos-class' model made generally available — a new tier above Opus, not a successor to Opus 4.8. Always-on adaptive thinking; safety classifiers can refuse requests (stop_reason 'refusal'), in which case Claude Opus 4.8 serves as automatic fallback — some published benchmark scores include those fallback answers. Suspended under US export controls 2026-06-12 to 06-30, restored 2026-07-01.
Benchmark scores
| Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| 🧠 Reasoning(no tools) | 55.5independent |
| 💻 Terminal ops | 83.8independent |
| 🛠️ Long-horizon coding | 70.0independent |
| 🔬 Expert science Q&A | 93.2independent |
| 💼 Professional work | 25.7independent |
| ⌨️ Contest coding | 89.8independent |