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Claude Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 4 Argon

Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle
Our take

Gemini 4 Argon wins 3 of 4 categories and costs less: 5.0× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall9296Best
Coding89Best84
Writing9095Best
Support8397Best
Value7386Best
Input / 1M$10.00$2.00Best
Output / 1M$50.00$10.00Best
Blended / 1M$20.00$4.00Best
Context window1M1MBest
Open weightsNoNo
Released1 Sept 202613 Oct 2026

Your monthly bill

50k
Claude Fable 5.1$4.0k
Gemini 4 Argon$800Cheapest
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.