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Anthropic built a model that beats Opus. It recommends Opus anyway.
The New Stack · By Amanda Caswell ·
The Brief
- Anthropic released a coding model, named Fable 5.2 in its announcement on Monday.
- The model beats Opus 5.5 on two major benchmarks, according to The New Stack.
- It can complete certain difficult tasks for half the cost of Opus 5.5.
- Anthropic recommended that most developers stick with Opus rather than switch.
Why it matters
Developers choosing a Claude model for coding now face a cheaper option for some difficult tasks, but Anthropic's own guidance favours Opus for most users, so the cost-benefit depends on the workload.
Who’s affected
- Developers using Anthropic's Claude models for coding
- Teams weighing Opus 5.5 against Fable 5.2 on cost
- Opus 5.5
- Fable 5.2
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Anthropic just released a coding model that beats Opus 5.5 on two major benchmarks and can complete certain difficult tasks for half the cost. Yet in its Fable 5.2 announcement on Monday, the company recommended that most developers stick with Opus, calling it the…