MiniMax's most capable model with advanced reasoning and long context.
Anthropic's Mythos-class flagship for ambitious, long-running professional work.
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Based on the Capability Index, Claude Fable 5 scores higher (91.6 vs 79.2). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.
MiniMax M2.5 has a lower blended cost. MiniMax M2.5: $0.15 input / $0.90 output. Claude Fable 5: $10.00 input / $50.00 output.
Claude Fable 5 has a larger context window: MiniMax M2.5 supports 197K tokens vs Claude Fable 5 at 1M tokens.
Claude Fable 5 supports vision/image input, but MiniMax M2.5 does not.
Key differences: Claude Fable 5 has a notably higher capability index (12.4 point gap); MiniMax M2.5 is significantly cheaper; only Claude Fable 5 supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both MiniMax M2.5 and Claude Fable 5 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.