Claude Opus 5: beats Fable 5 at half the price — and 'awakens' in its own system card

Claude Opus 5 Outscores Fable 5 on Most Benchmarks—At Half the Price - Decrypt

Opus 5 at $5/M tokens—50% cheaper than Fable 5—outperforms: 43.3% vs 33.7%, 30.2% vs 7.8%. Export restrictions moved Fable 5 credits-only; Opus 5 replaces it as default frontier for Claude Max/Pro, making frontier reasoning accessible for business automation.