Best LLMs for Chinese (Vision) - ranked by Elo & price

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All models (61) · Vision · Chinese

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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#1	Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) #1·Elo 1374·In $1.50·Out $9.00	1374	1327	$1.50	$9.00	204	O
#2	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #2·Elo 1373·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1373	1247	$10.00	$50.00	221	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #3·Elo 1362·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1362	1267	$5.00	$25.00	1,059	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #4·Elo 1356·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1356	1260	$5.00	$25.00	1,239	O
#6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #6·Elo 1349·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1349	1253	$5.00	$25.00	997	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #7·Elo 1348·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1348	1292	$2.00	$10.00	194	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #8·Elo 1344·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1344	1284	$2.00	$12.00	2,005	O
#9	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #9·Elo 1342·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1342	1246	$5.00	$25.00	1,148	O
#11	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #11·Elo 1339·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1339	1244	$5.00	$25.00	423	O
#12	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #12·Elo 1337·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1337	1241	$5.00	$25.00	488	O
#13	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #13·Elo 1334·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1334	1315	$0.950	$4.00	847	O
#15	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #15·Elo 1321·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1321	1321	$0.500	$3.00	1,818	O
#16	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #16·Elo 1319·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1319	1219	$5.00	$30.00	968	O
#17	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #17·Elo 1317·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1317	1395	$0.140	$0.280	919	O
#18	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #18·Elo 1316·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1316	1246	$2.50	$15.00	1,047	O
#19	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #19·Elo 1315·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1315	1215	$5.00	$30.00	829	O
#20	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #20·Elo 1314·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1314	1314	$0.500	$3.00	1,660	O
#22	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #22·Elo 1311·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1311	1340	$0.320	$1.28	220	O
#23	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #23·Elo 1302·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1302	1300	$0.570	$2.85	1,227	O
#24	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #24·Elo 1301·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1301	1231	$2.50	$15.00	967	O
#25	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #25·Elo 1300·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1300	1227	$3.00	$15.00	1,257	O
#26	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #26·Elo 1298·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1298	1280	$0.750	$4.50	1,155	O
#30	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #30·Elo 1297·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1297	1308	$0.390	$2.34	1,115	O
#31	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #31·Elo 1296·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1296	1328	$0.300	$1.20	433	O
#32	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #32·Elo 1296·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1296	1272	$1.20	$4.00	1,435	O
#33	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #33·Elo 1292·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1292	1230	$1.75	$14.00	981	O
#35	xAI: Grok 4.3 #35·Elo 1281·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1281	1264	$1.25	$2.50	818	O
#36	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #36·Elo 1280·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1280	1300	$0.260	$2.08	744	O
#38	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #38·Elo 1279·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1279	1292	$0.260	$2.60	1,072	O
#39	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #39·Elo 1276·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1276	1306	$0.250	$1.50	1,501	O
#39	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #39·Elo 1276·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1276	1306	$0.250	$1.50	1,501	O
#40	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #40·Elo 1276·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1276	1228	$1.25	$10.00	457	O
#42	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #42·Elo 1268·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1268	1205	$1.75	$14.00	1,064	O
#43	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #43·Elo 1267·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1267	1205	$1.75	$14.00	849	O
#44	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #44·Elo 1267·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1267	1219	$1.25	$10.00	3,050	O
#44	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #44·Elo 1267·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1267	1219	$1.25	$10.00	3,050	O
#45	OpenAI: o1 #45·Elo 1261·In $15.00·Out $60.00	1261	1123	$15.00	$60.00	99	O
#47	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #47·Elo 1258·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1258	1211	$1.25	$10.00	1,264	O
#48	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #48·Elo 1257·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1257	1210	$1.25	$10.00	561	O
#49	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #49·Elo 1256·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1256	1269	$0.300	$2.50	2,527	O
#51	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #51·Elo 1244·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1244	1201	$1.50	$7.50	245	O
#52	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #52·Elo 1243·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1243	1270	$0.210	$1.90	713	O
#53	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #53·Elo 1242·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1242	1281	$0.200	$1.25	1,233	O
#54	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #54·Elo 1239·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1239	1188	$2.00	$8.00	1,371	O
#56	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #56·Elo 1226·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1226	1179	$1.25	$10.00	1,338	O
#57	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #57·Elo 1226·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1226	1245	$0.400	$1.60	1,139	O
#58	OpenAI: o3 #58·Elo 1225·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1225	1174	$2.00	$8.00	1,609	O
#61	OpenAI: o4 Mini #61·Elo 1210·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1210	1185	$1.10	$4.40	1,284	O
#61	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #61·Elo 1210·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1210	1185	$1.10	$4.40	1,284	O
#66	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #66·Elo 1176·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1176	1198	$0.250	$2.00	1,005	O
#69	Google: Gemma 3 27B #69·Elo 1170·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1170	1255	$0.100	$0.300	729	O
#78	Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct #78·Elo 1123·In $0.800·Out $1.00	1123	1130	$0.800	$1.00	119	O
#84	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini #84·Elo 1078·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1078	1140	$0.150	$0.600	952	O
#84	OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) #84·Elo 1078·In $0.150·Out $0.600	1078	1140	$0.150	$0.600	952	O
#86	OpenAI: GPT-4o #86·Elo 1072·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1072	1012	$2.50	$10.00	186	O
#86	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) #86·Elo 1072·In $5.00·Out $15.00	1072	988	$5.00	$15.00	186	O
#86	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) #86·Elo 1072·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1072	1012	$2.50	$10.00	186	O
#86	OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) #86·Elo 1072·In $2.50·Out $10.00	1072	1012	$2.50	$10.00	186	O
#88	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo #88·Elo 1061·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1061	946	$10.00	$30.00	937	O
#88	OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview #88·Elo 1061·In $10.00·Out $30.00	1061	946	$10.00	$30.00	937	O
#96	Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku #96·Elo 974·In $0.250·Out $1.25	974	1009	$0.250	$1.25	1,019	O