Yes. At best, Fable 5 is “about equal” to ChatGPT 5.5 Pro -Extended Thinking.
It has huge CoTs and for the same prompt , ChatGPT 5.5 Pro is much more efficient.
Yes , occasionally it comes up with insights that ChatGPT 5.5 Pro didn’t mention. But it’s not like ChatGPT 5.5 couldn’t come up with them either. It’s just “obvious” to ChatGPT 5.5 Pro.
@rikkarth I agree with you . Matt Schumer is a liar. I have tested it extensively as well and it is at best “about equal” to ChatGPT 5.5 Pro -Extended Thinking.
Most of the time , ChatGPT 5.5 Pro -Extended Thinking is better.