ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 vs Claude Fable 5.1
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 took 50 min 46 s and $1.26 at list price, Claude Fable 5.1 took 13 min 31 s and $3.35 at list price. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 took 3.8× as long, and Claude Fable 5.1 cost 2.7× as much.
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0
Baidu · $3.94/M out
Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic · $50.00/M out · 1,630 HN pts
Only Claude Fable 5.1 has CLI runs here (Claude Code).
Pelican
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Landing
Build the landing page for Lumen Cycles, a Copenhagen workshop that builds custom cargo bikes to order. Make it look like a real brand you would trust with 4,000 euros.
Breakout
Make a Breakout game I can play right now with the keyboard or the mouse. Give it several levels, a score and some juice.
Logo
Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.
Specs and numbers
| ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 | Claude Fable 5.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Baidu | Anthropic |
| Made in | — | US |
| Released | 10 Nov 2026 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $1.13 | $10.00 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $3.94 | $50.00 |
| Context | 1,024,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Weights | closed | closed |
| Hacker News points | — | 1,630 |
| Time for the four prompts | 50 min 46 s | 13 min 31 s |
| List price of the four prompts | $1.26 | $3.35 |
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 was cheaper: $2.08 less at list price, and less on 3 of the 4 prompts. Claude Fable 5.1 was faster: 37 min 15 s less in total, and faster on each of the 4 prompts.
In the recording, ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0's Breakout game plays; Claude Fable 5.1's stopped painting. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 has no watch: not run yet. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 has no About page: not run yet.
Rebuild this screen experiment: Claude Fable 5.1's rebuild matched the screenshot at 78%; ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Claude Fable 5.1's game passed 5 of 5 checks; ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 was not in it.