Is Claude Fable 5 or Claude Sonnet 4.5 cheaper?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($18.75 vs $60.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Fable 5 or Claude Sonnet 4.5?

Claude Fable 5 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Fable 5 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Fable 5 or Claude Sonnet 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Fable 5	Claude Sonnet 4.5
Provider	Venice AI	Venice AI
Input / 1M tokens	$12.00	$3.75
Output / 1M tokens	$60.00	$18.75
Context window	1M	198K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jun 2026	Jan 2025

Claude Fable 5 details →Claude Sonnet 4.5 details →

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