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title: Making Fable Cheaper Than Opus
link: https://cognition.com/blog/making-fable-cheaper-than-opus
source: cognition
published: 2026-07-13T00:00:00Z
first_seen: 2026-09-02T14:07:29.769486161Z
summary: Fable 5 costs twice as much per token as Opus 4.8. But when we ran both models on FrontierCode 1.1 using our new Fusion architecture, Fable cost less — and scored higher. This post explains why, and what that means for pricing agentic work.
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Fable 5 costs twice as much per token as Opus 4.8. But when we ran both models on FrontierCode 1.1 using our new Fusion architecture, Fable cost less — and scored higher. This post explains why, and what that means for pricing agentic work.