Qwen3.8 Omni Flash vs Claude Fable 5.1: price, context window and capabilities
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash (qwen/qwen3.8-omni-flash) from Qwen and Claude Fable 5.1 (anthropic/claude-fable-5.1) from Anthropic are both multimodal language models on the OceanToken API. Qwen3.8 Omni Flash costs less per token than Claude Fable 5.1: $0.15 against $9.00 per 1M input tokens (98% less) and $0.47 against $45.00 per 1M output tokens (99% less). Claude Fable 5.1 is 10% off its official price on OceanToken, for every account. Claude Fable 5.1 has the larger context window: 1M tokens (1,000,000) against 984K (983,616) for Qwen3.8 Omni Flash. Both support tool calling, reasoning, structured outputs and image input; only Qwen3.8 Omni Flash also lists audio input and video input; only Claude Fable 5.1 also lists file input.
Side by side
| Spec | Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | Claude Fable 5.1 −10% |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Qwen3.8 Omni Flashqwen/ | Claude Fable 5.1anthropic/ |
| Publisher | Qwen | Anthropic |
| Kind | Text, vision, audio & video | Text & vision |
| Context window | 984K tokens983,616 | 1M tokens1,000,000 |
| Input price | $0.15 / 1M tokens | $9.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $0.47 / 1M tokens | $45.00 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input price | $0.016 / 1M tokens | $0.25 / 1M tokens |
| Cache write price | – | $12.50 / 1M tokens |
| Web search price | – | $0.01 / search |
| Discount (vs official, top tier) | — | −10% |
| Inputs | text, images, audio and video | text, images and files |
| Outputs | text | text |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Structured outputs | Yes | Yes |
About these prices
Which should you choose?
- Choose Qwen3.8 Omni Flash to spend less per token: 98% less for input and 99% less for output than Claude Fable 5.1.
- Choose Claude Fable 5.1 for the longest inputs: its context window holds 1M tokens against 984K for Qwen3.8 Omni Flash.
- Choose Qwen3.8 Omni Flash if you need audio input and video input: Claude Fable 5.1 does not list them.
- Not sure? Call both with the same OceanToken API key and compare them on your own prompts; each request is billed per use from one prepaid balance.
Get API Key Qwen3.8 Omni Flash Claude Fable 5.1
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 Omni Flash or Claude Fable 5.1?
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash. Qwen3.8 Omni Flash costs less per token than Claude Fable 5.1: $0.15 against $9.00 per 1M input tokens (98% less) and $0.47 against $45.00 per 1M output tokens (99% less). Claude Fable 5.1 is 10% off its official price on OceanToken, for every account. The OceanToken console always shows the current price.
Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.8 Omni Flash or Claude Fable 5.1?
Claude Fable 5.1. Claude Fable 5.1 has the larger context window: 1M tokens (1,000,000) against 984K (983,616) for Qwen3.8 Omni Flash.
Can I call both Qwen3.8 Omni Flash and Claude Fable 5.1 with one API key?
Yes. Both are on the OceanToken API at https://api.oceantoken.ai/v1: one API key and one prepaid balance call either model. Send the model id qwen/qwen3.8-omni-flash or anthropic/claude-fable-5.1.
Models and publishers
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