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Claude Fable 5.1

As of Sep 26, 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 ranks #4 of 7 on Bug Bench with a relative bug rate of 1.17 (17% more counted bugs than average), statistically tied with GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 Luna.

Relative bug rate
1.17
Rank of 7
#4
Tied with
GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 Luna

1.00 = average · lower is better

First seen
Week of Aug 31

Nearby in the ranking

Claude Fable 5.1 and the models ranked closest to it, by relative bug rate.
RankModelRate
2Claude Opus 4.8
0.88
3= (statistically tied)GPT-6 Astra
1.16
4Claude Fable 5.1
1.17
5= (statistically tied)GPT-5.6 Luna
1.28
6Claude Opus 5
1.58

Is Claude Fable 5.1 getting worse?

Not enough weekly data yet (0 of 6 weeks).

Where it does better or worse

# = rank among models

By coding agent

Claude Fable 5.1 relative bug rate by coding agent.
RankAgentRate
2Claude Code
1.17

How widely Claude Fable 5.1 is used

Share of AI-written code reviewed by cubic
Latest weekWeek of Sep 14
19.4%
This week so farSince Sep 21
13.6%
Peak weekWeek of Sep 7
22.2%

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Questions and answers

Is Claude Fable 5.1 good for coding?
Claude Fable 5.1 ranks #4 of 7 on Bug Bench, with 17% more counted bugs than average (1.17) from Jun 1 to Sep 20, 2026.
Is Claude Fable 5.1 getting worse?
Not enough weekly data yet (0 of 6 weeks).
Which coding agent has the lowest bug rate with Claude Fable 5.1?
Claude Code, at 1.17.
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