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

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All models (50) · Vision · Creative Writing

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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) #2·Elo 1315·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1315	1220	$5.00	$25.00	1,041	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #3·Elo 1313·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1313	1218	$5.00	$25.00	499	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #4·Elo 1313·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1313	1187	$10.00	$50.00	277	O
#6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #6·Elo 1306·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1306	1210	$5.00	$25.00	1,034	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #7·Elo 1298·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1298	1202	$5.00	$25.00	1,298	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #8·Elo 1296·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1296	1236	$2.00	$12.00	1,999	O
#9	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #9·Elo 1291·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1291	1195	$5.00	$25.00	1,025	O
#10	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #10·Elo 1280·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1280	1185	$5.00	$25.00	492	O
#11	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #11·Elo 1280·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1280	1280	$0.500	$3.00	2,113	O
#12	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #12·Elo 1279·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1279	1279	$0.500	$3.00	1,959	O
#13	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #13·Elo 1278·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1278	1178	$5.00	$30.00	890	O
#15	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #15·Elo 1273·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1273	1199	$3.00	$15.00	1,270	O
#18	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #18·Elo 1260·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1260	1271	$0.390	$2.34	1,257	O
#20	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #20·Elo 1259·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1259	1159	$5.00	$30.00	954	O
#21	xAI: Grok 4.3 #21·Elo 1259·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1259	1241	$1.25	$2.50	871	O
#22	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #22·Elo 1259·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1259	1203	$2.00	$10.00	220	O
#24	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #24·Elo 1258·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1258	1210	$1.25	$10.00	3,490	O
#24	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #24·Elo 1258·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1258	1210	$1.25	$10.00	3,490	O
#25	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #25·Elo 1256·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1256	1187	$2.50	$15.00	1,002	O
#26	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #26·Elo 1256·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1256	1285	$0.320	$1.28	292	O
#27	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #27·Elo 1255·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1255	1185	$2.50	$15.00	931	O
#28	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #28·Elo 1253·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1253	1234	$0.950	$4.00	783	O
#29	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #29·Elo 1249·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1249	1201	$1.25	$10.00	697	O
#30	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #30·Elo 1241·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1241	1193	$1.25	$10.00	634	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #33·Elo 1239·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1239	1269	$0.250	$1.50	1,586	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #33·Elo 1239·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1239	1269	$0.250	$1.50	1,586	O
#34	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #34·Elo 1239·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1239	1237	$0.570	$2.85	1,356	O
#38	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #38·Elo 1234·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1234	1171	$1.75	$14.00	892	O
#39	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #39·Elo 1227·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1227	1177	$2.00	$8.00	1,263	O
#40	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #40·Elo 1225·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1225	1208	$0.750	$4.50	1,201	O
#41	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #41·Elo 1225·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1225	1238	$0.300	$2.50	2,716	O
#42	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #42·Elo 1220·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1220	1157	$1.75	$14.00	1,072	O
#43	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #43·Elo 1218·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1218	1170	$1.25	$10.00	1,285	O
#44	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #44·Elo 1217·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1217	1193	$1.20	$4.00	1,369	O
#45	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #45·Elo 1217·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1217	1154	$1.75	$14.00	1,126	O
#46	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #46·Elo 1217·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1217	1236	$0.400	$1.60	1,172	O
#47	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #47·Elo 1212·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1212	1244	$0.300	$1.20	411	O
#48	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #48·Elo 1210·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1210	1288	$0.140	$0.280	1,012	O
#50	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #50·Elo 1208·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1208	1229	$0.260	$2.08	741	O
#52	OpenAI: o3 #52·Elo 1204·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1204	1154	$2.00	$8.00	1,587	O
#53	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #53·Elo 1200·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1200	1214	$0.260	$2.60	1,077	O
#54	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #54·Elo 1199·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1199	1225	$0.210	$1.90	818	O
#59	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #59·Elo 1186·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1186	1143	$1.50	$7.50	317	O
#62	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #62·Elo 1181·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1181	1133	$1.25	$10.00	1,433	O
#63	OpenAI: o4 Mini #63·Elo 1175·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1175	1150	$1.10	$4.40	1,242	O
#63	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #63·Elo 1175·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1175	1150	$1.10	$4.40	1,242	O
#64	Google: Gemma 3 27B #64·Elo 1174·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1174	1259	$0.100	$0.300	626	O
#65	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #65·Elo 1167·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1167	1206	$0.200	$1.25	1,120	O
#66	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #66·Elo 1157·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1157	1179	$0.250	$2.00	1,001	O
#69	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V #69·Elo 1134·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1134	1172	$0.300	$0.900	195	O