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Claude Fable 5 vs GLM-4.7

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 18 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

83.68/100
Margin
22.5pts
← winning
61.16/100
2 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Fable 5 #2 (Supported); GLM-4.7 #42 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Fable 5 and GLM-4.7 share 18 comparable benchmark results. 2 of 8 categories are comparable. 16 results are unique to Claude Fable 5; 12 to GLM-4.7.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
18
Claude Fable 5 only
16
GLM-4.7 only
12
Comparable categories
2 / 8

Pick Claude Fable 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.7 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 18 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 2 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Fable 5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 83.68 to 61.16. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Fable 5's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 84.6 against 45.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 84.3% to 41%.

Claude Fable 5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $10.00 input / $50.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for GLM-4.7. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Claude Fable 5 gives you the larger context window at 1M+, compared with 200K for GLM-4.7.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude Fable 5 and GLM-4.7
CategoryClaude Fable 5ΔGLM-4.7
AgenticClaude Fable 584.6Margin← 38.9GLM-4.745.7
CodingClaude Fable 589.2Margin← 13.8GLM-4.775.4
KnowledgeClaude Fable 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapGLM-4.751.8
MathClaude Fable 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapGLM-4.71.8
MultimodalClaude Fable 557.9MarginNo overlapGLM-4.7Not measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Fable 5B · GLM-4.7

  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 84.3%B 41%
    Winner: Claude Fable 5Δ 43.3
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Claude Fable 5 scored 84.3%; GLM-4.7 scored 41%. Claude Fable 5 wins this benchmark.

  2. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 95%B 73.8%
    Winner: Claude Fable 5Δ 21.2
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude Fable 5 scored 95%; GLM-4.7 scored 73.8%. Claude Fable 5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Fable 5GLM-4.7Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Fable 5$10 input / $50 outputGLM-4.7$0 input / $0 outputGLM-4.7 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Fable 5Not availableGLM-4.782 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Fable 5Not availableGLM-4.71.10 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Fable 51M+GLM-4.7200KClaude Fable 5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticClaude Fable 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-4.7Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 84.3%41%Claude Fable 5 leads
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 85%—Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 17481165Claude Fable 5 leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 52.8%25.4%Claude Fable 5 leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 98.5%95.9%Claude Fable 5 leads
GDPval-AASource 62.4%33.3%Claude Fable 5 leads
AA BriefcaseSource 1574—Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 48.6%—Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 51.1%—Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 93.6%—Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 26.8%—Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 62.9%—Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 84.6%—Not comparable
BrowseCompSource —52%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource —15.5%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource —39.95%Not comparable
CodingClaude Fable 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-4.7Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 95%73.8%Claude Fable 5 leads
SWE-bench ProSource 80%—Not comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource 53.5%—Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 84.3%—Not comparable
cursorBench31Source 70.6%—Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 70.5%—Not comparable
VulcanBench v3Source 87.0%—Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 76.5%45.3%Claude Fable 5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 60.2%45.1%Claude Fable 5 leads
LiveCodeBenchSource —84.9%Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource —58.7%Not comparable
AA LiveCodeBenchSource —89.4%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-4.7Result
AA-LCRSource 70.0%64.0%Claude Fable 5 leads
CritPtSource 28.6%1.7%Claude Fable 5 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-4.7Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 59.9%33.7%Claude Fable 5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 92.6%85.9%Claude Fable 5 leads
AA-HLESource 53.3%25.1%Claude Fable 5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 40.2%-34.6%Claude Fable 5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 61.4%29.3%Claude Fable 5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 54.9%90.3%Claude Fable 5 leads
GPQASource —85.7%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource —84.3%Not comparable
HLESource —24.8%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-4.7Result
AIME 2025Source —95.7%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source —2.439%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source —0.000%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-4.7Result
Blueprint-Bench 2Source 38.6%—Not comparable
OfficeQA ProSource 57.9%—Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13321255Claude Fable 5 leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5GLM-4.7Result
AA-IFBenchSource 63.5%67.9%GLM-4.7 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Claude Fable 5 or GLM-4.7?

Claude Fable 5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 83.68 to 61.16. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 84.3% and 41%.

Which is better for coding, Claude Fable 5 or GLM-4.7?

Claude Fable 5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89.2 versus 75.4. Inside this category, AA Coding Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Fable 5 or GLM-4.7?

Claude Fable 5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 84.6 versus 45.7. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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