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Claude Fable 5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

Live matchup data for Claude Fable 5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.

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share of openrouter tokens

1%11.9%rank #22

as of Jul 7, 2026 · Δ vs ≥7d prior

share of openrouter tokens

1%25.6%rank #19

as of Jul 7, 2026 · Δ vs ≥7d prior

usage share — openrouter model rankings

Usage crossover

current leader: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

source: OpenRouter model rankings · daily · 90d · ○ 1 lead change

through Jul 7, 2026

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Spec & pricing

Side-by-side specification and pricing for Claude Fable 5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite.
SpecClaude Fable 5Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
VendorAnthropicGoogle
Homepageopenrouter.aiopenrouter.ai
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
Input price$10.00/MTok$0.1/MTok
Output price$50.00/MTok$0.4/MTok
Cache read$1.00/MTok$0.01/MTok
Price as ofJul 8, 2026 · openrouterJul 8, 2026 · openrouter

sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries

— = not tracked / not applicable

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Benchmarks

Benchmark results for Claude Fable 5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: best tracked score per benchmark, with result dates and sources.
BenchmarkClaude Fable 5Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteSource
aa-agentic-index
52.8 index · anthropic/claude-fable-5
openrouter.ai
aa-coding-index
76.5 index · anthropic/claude-fable-5
openrouter.ai
aa-intelligence-index
59.9 index · anthropic/claude-fable-5
openrouter.ai

best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks

sources linked per row

community pulse

Reddit sentiment

Reddit mention volume and sentiment for Claude Fable 5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite over the trailing 30 days.
SignalClaude Fable 5Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

sentiment feed pending — Reddit pulse lands with the daily crawl

source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d

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faq

Frequently asked

Is Claude Fable 5 more used than Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?
As of Jul 7, 2026, Claude Fable 5 shows 1% of OpenRouter token volume and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite shows 1% of OpenRouter token volume. The chart above tracks the full daily series with every lead change marked.
How does Claude Fable 5 pricing compare to Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?
Claude Fable 5 runs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens (as of Jul 8, 2026). Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite runs $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.4 per million output tokens (as of Jul 8, 2026). Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
How do Claude Fable 5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite score on coding benchmarks?
The tape holds 3 tracked results for Claude Fable 5 and 0 for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, but none on a shared benchmark yet — scores are listed side by side without a common baseline.
Where does this comparison data come from?
OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.

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