Claude Fable 5.1 vs Muse Spark 1.1
Source-checked evaluation entries, evidence gaps and checked price quotes where available.
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Fable 5.1 (Max). Board 2026-10-20; checked 2026-10-22.
Anthropic pricing · checked 2026-10-22. Context tiers and cache-hit rates may differ.
Muse Spark 1.1
Muse Spark 1.1. Board 2026-10-20; checked 2026-10-22.
What the evidence supports
The recorded entries are Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) (1503 ± 6) and Muse Spark 1.1 (1490 ± 4).
Their point estimates differ by 13 points. The displayed ranges do not overlap; this is not a test of task-specific superiority or a guarantee about a different configuration.
The former composite, MMLU and cost-per-capability recommendations are withdrawn because their inputs included unsupported estimates. No upgrade or overall capability recommendation is made from those numbers.
Price quotes are from the selected provider registry checked 2026-10-22. Unverified legacy quotes are withheld. Use the token calculator for input, output, cache-hit and context-tier scenarios. Additional service charges and account-specific terms can change a bill. Missing pricing evidence does not mean free inference.
Before choosing a deployment
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The leaderboard records the verified variants and withheld columns. The separate benchmark matrix contains dated provider disclosures and needs its own source/version review.
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