Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 and Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Claude Fable 5.1 from $10.00 and Gemini 4 Argon from $2.00.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Fable 5.1 and Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon has the largest context window: Claude Fable 5.1 1,000,000 tokens and Gemini 4 Argon 1,048,576 tokens.

Which is smarter, Claude Fable 5.1 and Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: Claude Fable 5.1 47.0 and Gemini 4 Argon 50.4.

Can I switch between Claude Fable 5.1 and Gemini 4 Argon without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (anthropic/claude-fable-5.1, google/gemini-4-argon).

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 4 Argon

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropicanthropic/claude-fable-5.1

Gemini 4 Argon Googlegoogle/gemini-4-argon

Creator

Anthropic

Google

Released

Sep 1, 2026

Oct 13, 2026

Context window

1.05M

Max output

128K

66K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$10.00

$2.00

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$50.00

$10.00

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

47.0

50.4

Accepts

Text, Image, Files

Text, Image, Audio, Video, Files

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 4 Argon: summary

Claude Fable 5.1 and Gemini 4 Argon are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Claude Fable 5.1, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $10.00/1M input and $50.00/1M output tokens and scores 47.0 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Gemini 4 Argon, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $2.00/1M input and $10.00/1M output tokens across 2 providers and scores 50.4 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Gemini 4 Argon is the cheapest on input, 5× cheaper than the next model, Gemini 4 Argon has the largest context window and Gemini 4 Argon scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="anthropic/claude-fable-5.1", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="google/gemini-4-argon", messages=[...])

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