Best LLMs for Creative Writing Vision (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) #2·Elo 1335·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1335	1240	$5.00	$25.00	1,041	O
#3	Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 #3·Elo 1333·In $10.00·Out $50.00	1333	1208	$10.00	$50.00	277	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) #5·Elo 1327·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1327	1231	$5.00	$25.00	1,034	O
#6	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (thinking) #6·Elo 1324·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1324	1229	$5.00	$25.00	499	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 #7·Elo 1320·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1320	1224	$5.00	$25.00	1,298	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview #8·Elo 1319·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1319	1258	$2.00	$12.00	1,999	O
#9	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 #9·Elo 1312·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1312	1216	$5.00	$25.00	1,025	O
#10	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview #10·Elo 1298·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1298	1298	$0.500	$3.00	2,113	O
#11	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) #11·Elo 1297·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1297	1197	$5.00	$30.00	890	O
#12	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 #12·Elo 1291·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1291	1196	$5.00	$25.00	492	O
#13	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) #13·Elo 1289·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1289	1289	$0.500	$3.00	1,959	O
#17	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) #17·Elo 1276·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1276	1206	$2.50	$15.00	931	O
#18	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 #18·Elo 1276·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1276	1203	$3.00	$15.00	1,270	O
#19	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B #19·Elo 1276·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1276	1287	$0.390	$2.34	1,257	O
#20	Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus #20·Elo 1276·In $0.320·Out $1.28	1276	1305	$0.320	$1.28	292	O
#21	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 #21·Elo 1274·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1274	1174	$5.00	$30.00	954	O
#22	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 #22·Elo 1273·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1273	1203	$2.50	$15.00	1,002	O
#23	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 #23·Elo 1272·In $0.950·Out $4.00	1272	1252	$0.950	$4.00	783	O
#24	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro #24·Elo 1271·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1271	1223	$1.25	$10.00	3,490	O
#24	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 #24·Elo 1271·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1271	1223	$1.25	$10.00	3,490	O
#27	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (high) #27·Elo 1263·In $2.00·Out $10.00	1263	1207	$2.00	$10.00	220	O
#29	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) #29·Elo 1261·In $0.570·Out $2.85	1261	1259	$0.570	$2.85	1,356	O
#31	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 #31·Elo 1255·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1255	1208	$1.25	$10.00	697	O
#32	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo #32·Elo 1254·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1254	1230	$1.20	$4.00	1,369	O
#33	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) #33·Elo 1253·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1253	1206	$1.25	$10.00	634	O
#34	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite #34·Elo 1250·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1250	1280	$0.250	$1.50	1,586	O
#34	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview #34·Elo 1250·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1250	1280	$0.250	$1.50	1,586	O
#36	xAI: Grok 4.3 #36·Elo 1249·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1249	1231	$1.25	$2.50	871	O
#38	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash #38·Elo 1246·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1246	1259	$0.300	$2.50	2,716	O
#42	MiniMax: MiniMax M3 #42·Elo 1235·In $0.300·Out $1.20	1235	1267	$0.300	$1.20	411	O
#43	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat #43·Elo 1233·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1233	1171	$1.75	$14.00	892	O
#44	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct #44·Elo 1229·In $0.210·Out $1.90	1229	1255	$0.210	$1.90	818	O
#45	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B #45·Elo 1228·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1228	1249	$0.260	$2.08	741	O
#46	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 #46·Elo 1226·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1226	1304	$0.140	$0.280	1,012	O
#47	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat #47·Elo 1225·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1225	1177	$1.25	$10.00	1,285	O
#48	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) #48·Elo 1224·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1224	1162	$1.75	$14.00	1,126	O
#49	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B #49·Elo 1224·In $0.260·Out $2.60	1224	1238	$0.260	$2.60	1,077	O
#50	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 #50·Elo 1223·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1223	1161	$1.75	$14.00	1,072	O
#51	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 #51·Elo 1222·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1222	1172	$2.00	$8.00	1,263	O
#52	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) #52·Elo 1220·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1220	1203	$0.750	$4.50	1,201	O
#53	OpenAI: o3 #53·Elo 1214·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1214	1163	$2.00	$8.00	1,587	O
#55	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) #55·Elo 1202·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1202	1154	$1.25	$10.00	1,433	O
#58	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) #58·Elo 1194·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1194	1216	$0.250	$2.00	1,001	O
#59	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini #59·Elo 1194·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1194	1214	$0.400	$1.60	1,172	O
#62	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 #62·Elo 1187·In $1.50·Out $7.50	1187	1144	$1.50	$7.50	317	O
#64	Google: Gemma 3 27B #64·Elo 1184·In $0.100·Out $0.300	1184	1270	$0.100	$0.300	626	O
#65	OpenAI: o4 Mini #65·Elo 1179·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1179	1154	$1.10	$4.40	1,242	O
#65	OpenAI: o4 Mini High #65·Elo 1179·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1179	1154	$1.10	$4.40	1,242	O
#66	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) #66·Elo 1166·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1166	1205	$0.200	$1.25	1,120	O
#69	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V #69·Elo 1142·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1142	1180	$0.300	$0.900	195	O