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

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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) claude-opus-4-6-thinking #2·Elo 1310·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1310	1214	$5.00	$25.00	467	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 claude-opus-4-7 #3·Elo 1304·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1304	1209	$5.00	$25.00	413	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) claude-opus-4-7-thinking #5·Elo 1300·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1300	1205	$5.00	$25.00	440	O
#6	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview gemini-3.1-pro-preview #6·Elo 1293·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1293	1233	$2.00	$12.00	1,070	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 #7·Elo 1285·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1285	1190	$5.00	$25.00	598	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) gemini-3-flash (thinking-minimal) #8·Elo 1282·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1282	1282	$0.500	$3.00	1,296	O
#10	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview gemini-3-flash #10·Elo 1278·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1278	1278	$0.500	$3.00	1,521	O
#12	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 #12·Elo 1271·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1271	1198	$3.00	$15.00	562	O
#14	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) gpt-5.5-high #14·Elo 1262·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1262	1162	$5.00	$30.00	254	O
#15	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) gpt-5.4-high #15·Elo 1260·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1260	1190	$2.50	$15.00	317	O
#16	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 gpt-5.5 #16·Elo 1258·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1258	1158	$5.00	$30.00	278	O
#17	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro #17·Elo 1257·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1257	1209	$1.25	$10.00	3,382	O
#17	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 gemini-2.5-pro #17·Elo 1257·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1257	1209	$1.25	$10.00	3,382	O
#18	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B qwen3.5-397b-a17b #18·Elo 1255·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1255	1266	$0.390	$2.34	726	O
#19	xAI: Grok 4.3 grok-4.3 #19·Elo 1255·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1255	1237	$1.25	$2.50	244	O
#21	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 gpt-5.1 #21·Elo 1251·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1251	1203	$1.25	$10.00	696	O
#22	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 claude-opus-4-20250514 #22·Elo 1249·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1249	1106	$15.00	$75.00	106	O
#23	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 kimi-k2.6 #23·Elo 1247·In $0.684·Out $3.42	1247	1238	$0.684	$3.42	299	O
#23	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (free) kimi-k2.6 #23·Elo 1247·Out -	1247	-	-	-	299	O
#24	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 gpt-5.4 #24·Elo 1246·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1246	1176	$2.50	$15.00	340	O
#25	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) kimi-k2.5-thinking #25·Elo 1244·In $0.400·Out $1.90	1244	1259	$0.400	$1.90	857	O
#26	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) gpt-5.1-high #26·Elo 1243·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1243	1195	$1.25	$10.00	635	O
#27	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) gpt-5.4-mini-high #27·Elo 1243·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1243	1225	$0.750	$4.50	589	O
#28	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 #28·Elo 1242·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1242	1179	$1.75	$14.00	761	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview #33·Elo 1234·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1234	1264	$0.250	$1.50	976	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview #33·Elo 1234·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1234	1264	$0.250	$1.50	976	O
#34	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash gemini-2.5-flash #34·Elo 1230·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1230	1243	$0.300	$2.50	2,609	O
#35	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 #35·Elo 1227·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1227	1176	$2.00	$8.00	1,279	O
#37	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo glm-5v-turbo #37·Elo 1227·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1227	1202	$1.20	$4.00	466	O
#38	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 mimo-v2.5 #38·Elo 1226·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1226	1304	$0.140	$0.280	391	O
#39	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 gpt-5.2 #39·Elo 1221·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1221	1159	$1.75	$14.00	947	O
#40	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat gpt-5-chat #40·Elo 1218·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1218	1171	$1.25	$10.00	1,291	O
#41	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) gpt-5.2-high #41·Elo 1215·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1215	1152	$1.75	$14.00	958	O
#42	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B qwen3.5-27b #42·Elo 1214·In $0.195·Out $1.56	1214	1247	$0.195	$1.56	579	O
#43	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 #43·Elo 1213·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1213	1233	$0.400	$1.60	1,187	O
#45	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B qwen3.5-122b-a10b #45·Elo 1210·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1210	1231	$0.260	$2.08	632	O
#46	OpenAI: o3 o3-2025-04-16 #46·Elo 1208·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1208	1158	$2.00	$8.00	1,604	O
#48	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct #48·Elo 1201·In $0.200·Out $0.880	1201	1248	$0.200	$0.880	819	O
#53	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) gpt-5-high #53·Elo 1186·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1186	1139	$1.25	$10.00	1,439	O
#56	Google: Gemma 3 27B gemma-3-27b-it #56·Elo 1177·In $0.080·Out $0.160	1177	1279	$0.080	$0.160	630	O
#57	OpenAI: o4 Mini o4-mini-2025-04-16 #57·Elo 1175·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1175	1151	$1.10	$4.40	1,259	O
#57	OpenAI: o4 Mini High o4-mini-2025-04-16 #57·Elo 1175·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1175	1151	$1.10	$4.40	1,259	O
#58	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) gpt-5-mini-high #58·Elo 1164·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1164	1186	$0.250	$2.00	1,008	O
#59	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) gpt-5.4-nano-high #59·Elo 1161·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1161	1200	$0.200	$1.25	553	O
#62	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V glm-4.6v #62·Elo 1134·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1134	1172	$0.300	$0.900	195	O

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Rank	Model	Elo	Value	In / 1M	Output	Votes	Open in
#2	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) claude-opus-4-6-thinking #2·Elo 1310·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1310	1214	$5.00	$25.00	467	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 claude-opus-4-7 #3·Elo 1304·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1304	1209	$5.00	$25.00	413	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) claude-opus-4-7-thinking #5·Elo 1300·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1300	1205	$5.00	$25.00	440	O
#6	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview gemini-3.1-pro-preview #6·Elo 1293·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1293	1233	$2.00	$12.00	1,070	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 #7·Elo 1285·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1285	1190	$5.00	$25.00	598	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) gemini-3-flash (thinking-minimal) #8·Elo 1282·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1282	1282	$0.500	$3.00	1,296	O
#10	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview gemini-3-flash #10·Elo 1278·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1278	1278	$0.500	$3.00	1,521	O
#12	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 #12·Elo 1271·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1271	1198	$3.00	$15.00	562	O
#14	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) gpt-5.5-high #14·Elo 1262·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1262	1162	$5.00	$30.00	254	O
#15	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) gpt-5.4-high #15·Elo 1260·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1260	1190	$2.50	$15.00	317	O
#16	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 gpt-5.5 #16·Elo 1258·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1258	1158	$5.00	$30.00	278	O
#17	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro #17·Elo 1257·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1257	1209	$1.25	$10.00	3,382	O
#17	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 gemini-2.5-pro #17·Elo 1257·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1257	1209	$1.25	$10.00	3,382	O
#18	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B qwen3.5-397b-a17b #18·Elo 1255·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1255	1266	$0.390	$2.34	726	O
#19	xAI: Grok 4.3 grok-4.3 #19·Elo 1255·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1255	1237	$1.25	$2.50	244	O
#21	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 gpt-5.1 #21·Elo 1251·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1251	1203	$1.25	$10.00	696	O
#22	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 claude-opus-4-20250514 #22·Elo 1249·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1249	1106	$15.00	$75.00	106	O
#23	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 kimi-k2.6 #23·Elo 1247·In $0.684·Out $3.42	1247	1238	$0.684	$3.42	299	O
#23	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (free) kimi-k2.6 #23·Elo 1247·Out -	1247	-	-	-	299	O
#24	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 gpt-5.4 #24·Elo 1246·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1246	1176	$2.50	$15.00	340	O
#25	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) kimi-k2.5-thinking #25·Elo 1244·In $0.400·Out $1.90	1244	1259	$0.400	$1.90	857	O
#26	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) gpt-5.1-high #26·Elo 1243·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1243	1195	$1.25	$10.00	635	O
#27	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) gpt-5.4-mini-high #27·Elo 1243·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1243	1225	$0.750	$4.50	589	O
#28	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 #28·Elo 1242·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1242	1179	$1.75	$14.00	761	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview #33·Elo 1234·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1234	1264	$0.250	$1.50	976	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview #33·Elo 1234·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1234	1264	$0.250	$1.50	976	O
#34	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash gemini-2.5-flash #34·Elo 1230·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1230	1243	$0.300	$2.50	2,609	O
#35	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 #35·Elo 1227·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1227	1176	$2.00	$8.00	1,279	O
#37	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo glm-5v-turbo #37·Elo 1227·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1227	1202	$1.20	$4.00	466	O
#38	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 mimo-v2.5 #38·Elo 1226·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1226	1304	$0.140	$0.280	391	O
#39	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 gpt-5.2 #39·Elo 1221·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1221	1159	$1.75	$14.00	947	O
#40	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat gpt-5-chat #40·Elo 1218·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1218	1171	$1.25	$10.00	1,291	O
#41	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) gpt-5.2-high #41·Elo 1215·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1215	1152	$1.75	$14.00	958	O
#42	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B qwen3.5-27b #42·Elo 1214·In $0.195·Out $1.56	1214	1247	$0.195	$1.56	579	O
#43	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 #43·Elo 1213·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1213	1233	$0.400	$1.60	1,187	O
#45	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B qwen3.5-122b-a10b #45·Elo 1210·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1210	1231	$0.260	$2.08	632	O
#46	OpenAI: o3 o3-2025-04-16 #46·Elo 1208·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1208	1158	$2.00	$8.00	1,604	O
#48	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct #48·Elo 1201·In $0.200·Out $0.880	1201	1248	$0.200	$0.880	819	O
#53	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) gpt-5-high #53·Elo 1186·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1186	1139	$1.25	$10.00	1,439	O
#56	Google: Gemma 3 27B gemma-3-27b-it #56·Elo 1177·In $0.080·Out $0.160	1177	1279	$0.080	$0.160	630	O
#57	OpenAI: o4 Mini o4-mini-2025-04-16 #57·Elo 1175·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1175	1151	$1.10	$4.40	1,259	O
#57	OpenAI: o4 Mini High o4-mini-2025-04-16 #57·Elo 1175·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1175	1151	$1.10	$4.40	1,259	O
#58	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) gpt-5-mini-high #58·Elo 1164·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1164	1186	$0.250	$2.00	1,008	O
#59	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) gpt-5.4-nano-high #59·Elo 1161·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1161	1200	$0.200	$1.25	553	O
#62	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V glm-4.6v #62·Elo 1134·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1134	1172	$0.300	$0.900	195	O