Claude Fable 5

Claude Fable 5

Anthropic
SWE-2 Flash

SWE-2 Flash

Cognition
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About

Claude Fable 5 is an advanced AI model from Anthropic designed to assist with software engineering, research, knowledge work, vision tasks, and complex reasoning. Built on the Mythos-class architecture, it delivers significantly improved performance across coding, analysis, and long-context workflows. The model can handle extended autonomous tasks while maintaining focus and consistency over large amounts of information. Claude Fable 5 integrates advanced reasoning, multimodal understanding, and memory capabilities to support professional and enterprise use cases. Anthropic has implemented specialized safeguards that automatically route certain high-risk cybersecurity, biology, chemistry, and model distillation requests to a different model. Claude Fable 5 helps organizations and professionals accelerate complex work while maintaining strong safety and governance controls.

About

SWE-2 Flash is an AI coding model developed by Cognition to provide fast, cost-efficient software engineering capabilities for autonomous development agents. Built on Thinking Machines' Inkling-Small foundation model, it uses mid-training and reinforcement learning to improve coding performance, reasoning, and task execution. The model supports software development activities such as code generation, code reviews, feature development, documentation updates, and automated engineering workflows. SWE-2 Flash generates approximately 200 tokens per second, making it three times faster and five times less expensive than the larger SWE-2 model. Its 276-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts architecture activates approximately 12 billion parameters during inference to balance performance and computational efficiency. SWE-2 Flash is available through Devin Desktop and CLI, with Cognition also developing a secure model-weight sharing program for trusted research and enterprise partners.

Platforms Supported

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Cloud Supported
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Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Claude Fable 5 is designed for software engineers, researchers, enterprise organizations, data analysts, scientists, product teams, developers, business professionals, knowledge workers, and organizations seeking advanced AI for coding, research, automation, analysis, and enterprise productivity

Audience

Software developers, AI coding assistant users, software engineering teams, DevOps professionals, autonomous agent developers, AI researchers, enterprise development organizations, and cybersecurity researchers seeking fast, cost-efficient AI coding, automated code reviews, feature implementation, software maintenance, technical reasoning, and agentic development workflows

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$10 per 1 million (input)
$10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$20/month
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Claude Fable 5 is the most capable coding model I've used for complex software development. It understands large codebases remarkably well and can maintain context across long implementation sessions without losing track of requirements. The model excels at architecture discussions, debugging difficult issues, and generating production-quality code. Its reasoning feels more deliberate than many competing models, making it especially valuable for backend development, refactoring, and technical design work. I was particularly impressed by its ability to handle multi-step engineering tasks. Instead of solving problems one prompt at a time, it often anticipates edge cases and implementation details before I ask.

Cons

  • The safety guardrails can occasionally get in the way of legitimate security-related development work. Certain cybersecurity topics may be redirected to a less capable model, which can interrupt advanced technical workflows. Pricing is also higher than previous Claude models, which may be a consideration for teams with heavy API usage. Like any AI coding assistant, it still requires careful review of generated code before deployment, especially for critical production systems.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • This is the kind of model I would use all day for normal engineering work. It is fast enough that it does not feel like I am waiting on the model, but it is still strong enough for feature work, code review, docs, automations, and debugging. The speed is probably the biggest win. Cognition says it runs at around 200 tokens per second versus about 60 for SWE-2, and that difference matters a lot once an agent starts iterating through files and tools. The cost-performance balance is also really good. It is one-fifth the price of SWE-2, while scoring 45.5 on FrontierCode 1.1 Main, 60.1 on DeepSWE 1.1, and 89.9 on SWE-Bench Pro v2 Hard.

Cons

  • My main complaint is that it is not the model I would choose for the hardest repo-wide work. SWE-2 still has a noticeable edge on some tougher benchmarks, so I would move up when the task really needs it.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Anthropic
Founded: 2021
United States
claude.ai

Company Information

Cognition
Founded: 2023
United States
cognition.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI
GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol

OpenAI
Inkling

Inkling

Thinking Machines Lab

Categories

AI Coding Models Supported
AI Models Supported
AI Vision Models Supported
Foundation Models Supported
Multimodal Models Supported

Categories

AI Coding Models Supported
AI Models Supported

Integrations

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Devin Desktop Supported
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Solidity Supported
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Integrations

.NET Supported
C Supported
C# Supported
C++ Supported
CSS Supported
Devin Desktop Supported
Go Supported
JavaScript Supported
Kotlin Supported
Lua Supported
PHP Supported
Python Supported
R Supported
Ruby Supported
SQL Supported
Scala Supported
Solidity Supported
Swift Supported
XML Supported
YAML Supported
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