› In September, I wrote that the world’s two most expensive models had identical API prices: Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra both cost $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens.
› That tie ended on November 9, 2026.
› Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 at $8 and $40, then placed it alongside OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra and Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon in its announcement table.
› Fable leads in almost every row.