Anthropic Claude Fable 5 vs xAI Grok 4.1 — side-by-side specs.
Anthropic Claude Fable 5 | xAI Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | xAI |
| Release date | Jun 9 2026 | Nov 17 2025 |
| Model type | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | — |
Context window | — | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Agentic coding SWE-Bench ProCan the AI fix real bugs in real software? It's handed actual problems from open-source projects and has to write code that genuinely solves them. Higher is better. | 80.3% | — |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 95.5% | — |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.1Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? Higher is better. | 88% | — |
Agentic computer use OSWorld-VerifiedCan the AI actually operate a computer — clicking, typing, and using real apps — to finish tasks on its own? Higher is better. | 85% | — |
Knowledge work GDPval-AAMeasures how well the AI does economically valuable knowledge work, judged against human experts. Shown as a rating (like a chess Elo) — higher is better. | 1932 | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Grok 4.1 shipped 204 days before Claude Fable 5 | |
Claude Fable 5 and Grok 4.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Grok 4.1 shipped 204 days before Claude Fable 5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Fable 5 and Grok 4.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.