Model comparison
Claude Fable 5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Compare Claude Fable 5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5 API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Claude Fable 5
anthropic · claude-fable-5
- Input
- $10
- Output
- $50
- Context
- 1M
Mistral Medium 3.5
mistral · mistral/mistral-medium-3-5
- Input
- $1.5
- Output
- $7.5
- Context
- 262.1K
Quick take
Mistral Medium 3.5 has the lower input price at $1.5 per 1M input tokens. Mistral Medium 3.5 is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Claude Fable 5 has the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Choose Claude Fable 5 if...
- Claude Fable 5 is safer for long documents, repository analysis, and RAG prompts because it has the larger context window.
- Claude Fable 5 is stronger when the same large prompt or document is reused because it supports prompt caching.
Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if...
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 gives more room for long generated answers, reports, or code output.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Claude Fable 5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $20.00 | $3.00 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| 10M input + 2M output | $200.00 | $30.00 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| 100M input + 20M output | $2,000.00 | $300.00 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
Context, output, and capability fit
Claude Fable 5 provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Claude Fable 5 max output
- 128K
- Mistral Medium 3.5 max output
- 262.1K
- Claude Fable 5 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
- Mistral Medium 3.5 features
- function calling, vision
Risk notes for Claude Fable 5
- High output price: cap max tokens for verbose generation workloads.
Risk notes for Mistral Medium 3.5
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Routing tags
frontierpremiumreasoningcodingagentslong-contextmultimodalcache-friendlymythos-classragopen-weightenterpriselocal-open