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Claude Fable 5 vs Kimi K3

Claude Fable 5 grades higher overall (90.7 against 88.7). Kimi K3 costs 72% less for the same work.

Claude Fable 5

by Anthropic · #3 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$10.00
Output / 1M
$50.00

Kimi K3

by Moonshot AI · #5 of 67 overall

Available
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$2.85
Output / 1M
$14.25

Better overall

Claude Fable 5

Grade 90.7 vs 88.7

Cheaper

Kimi K3

72% less, $5.70 vs $20.00 blended

Larger context

Kimi K3

1M vs 1M tokens

Terminal-Bench 2.1

Kimi K3

84.3% vs 88.3%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Jun 9, 2026 · reference
Claude Fable 5Claude Fable 5: 95%v
Kimi K3Kimi K3: —
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Jun 9, 2026 · reference
Claude Fable 5Claude Fable 5: 80%v
Kimi K3Kimi K3: —
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Jun 13, 2026 · reference

Claude Fable 5Kimi K3v = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Claude Fable 5$4,000 /month
Kimi K3$1,140 /month

Kimi K3 saves you $2,860 a month at this usage, $34,320 a year.

At a glance

AttributeClaude Fable 5Kimi K3
Made byAnthropicMoonshot AI
AvailabilityComing soonAvailable now
Overall gradeExcellent · 90.7Excellent · 88.7
Overall rank#3 of 67#5 of 67
Input price$10.00 per 1M$2.85 per 1M
Output price$50.00 per 1M$14.25 per 1M
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDclaude-fable-5kimi-k3

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "claude-fable-5", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "kimi-k3", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Claude Fable 5 or Kimi K3 better?

Claude Fable 5 grades 90.7 against 88.7 for Kimi K3, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5 or Kimi K3?

Kimi K3: $2.85 in and $14.25 out per million tokens, against $10.00 and $50.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Kimi K3, with 1,048,576 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Kimi K3 is available now; the other is coming soon, at the price shown. Both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.