Who ranks #1 on the Vibe Code Bench leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic ranks #1 on Vibe Code Bench at 90.3%. API pricing is $10.00/M input and $50.00/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is #1 for Vibe Code Bench at 90.3%. Ranked by the Vibe Code Bench score 59 models in this index have a published Vibe Code Bench score. Vibe Code Bench leaderboard with live API prices. Vibe Code Bench — Vals.ai coding eval for realistic product-style implementation quality, not just unit-test patches.
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As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic is #1 for Vibe Code Bench at 90.3%. Ranked by the Vibe Code Bench score This board also tracks Vibe Code Bench. Next on the same board: Claude Opus 5 and Kimi K3. This vibe code bench leaderboard ranks models by Vibe Code Bench. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.
Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
| Rank | Model | Vibe Code Bench | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5 | 90.3% | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5 | 88.4% | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| 3 | Kimi K3 | 85.0% | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 82.7% | $5.00 | $25.00 |
| 5 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | 82.3% | $1.32 | $3.96 |
| 6 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 81.3% | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| 7 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 80.5% | $5.00 | $30.00 |
| 8 | Muse Spark 1.2 | 79.1% | $1.25 | $4.25 |
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As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic ranks #1 on Vibe Code Bench at 90.3%. API pricing is $10.00/M input and $50.00/M output.
The current Vibe Code Bench ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Claude Fable 5 at 90.3%; 2. Claude Opus 5 at 88.4%; 3. Kimi K3 at 85.0%.
MiMo-V2.5 is the cheapest scored model on this vibe code bench leaderboard at $0.17/M input and $0.34/M output ($0.50 blended). Claude Fable 5 still leads Vibe Code Bench at 90.3%.
Not automatically. Claude Fable 5 leads Vibe Code Bench, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Vibe Code Bench against input/output price, context window, and related evals.
Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.
Vibe Code Bench — Vals.ai coding eval for realistic product-style implementation quality, not just unit-test patches. This page ranks models that have published a Vibe Code Bench score, with live API token prices on the same row.
This page is the Vibe Code Bench leaderboard. Models are sorted by Vibe Code Bench, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.
Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Vibe Code Bench score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.