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) claude-opus-4-6-thinking #2·Elo 1332·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1332	1236	$5.00	$25.00	467	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 claude-opus-4-7 #4·Elo 1323·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1323	1228	$5.00	$25.00	413	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) claude-opus-4-7-thinking #5·Elo 1318·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1318	1223	$5.00	$25.00	440	O
#6	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview gemini-3.1-pro-preview #6·Elo 1315·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1315	1254	$2.00	$12.00	1,070	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 #7·Elo 1307·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1307	1212	$5.00	$25.00	598	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview gemini-3-flash #8·Elo 1295·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1295	1295	$0.500	$3.00	1,521	O
#9	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) gemini-3-flash (thinking-minimal) #9·Elo 1293·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1293	1293	$0.500	$3.00	1,296	O
#12	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) gpt-5.5-high #12·Elo 1282·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1282	1182	$5.00	$30.00	254	O
#13	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) gpt-5.4-high #13·Elo 1281·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1281	1211	$2.50	$15.00	317	O
#14	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 #14·Elo 1278·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1278	1205	$3.00	$15.00	562	O
#16	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro #16·Elo 1270·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1270	1222	$1.25	$10.00	3,382	O
#16	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 gemini-2.5-pro #16·Elo 1270·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1270	1222	$1.25	$10.00	3,382	O
#17	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B qwen3.5-397b-a17b #17·Elo 1270·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1270	1280	$0.390	$2.34	726	O
#18	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 gpt-5.5 #18·Elo 1269·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1269	1169	$5.00	$30.00	278	O
#19	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) kimi-k2.5-thinking #19·Elo 1267·In $0.400·Out $1.90	1267	1282	$0.400	$1.90	857	O
#21	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 kimi-k2.6 #21·Elo 1266·In $0.684·Out $3.42	1266	1257	$0.684	$3.42	299	O
#21	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (free) kimi-k2.6 #21·Elo 1266·Out -	1266	-	-	-	299	O
#23	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo glm-5v-turbo #23·Elo 1262·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1262	1237	$1.20	$4.00	466	O
#24	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 gpt-5.4 #24·Elo 1260·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1260	1190	$2.50	$15.00	340	O
#26	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 gpt-5.1 #26·Elo 1256·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1256	1209	$1.25	$10.00	696	O
#27	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) gpt-5.1-high #27·Elo 1254·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1254	1206	$1.25	$10.00	635	O
#28	xAI: Grok 4.3 grok-4.3 #28·Elo 1253·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1253	1235	$1.25	$2.50	244	O
#30	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash gemini-2.5-flash #30·Elo 1250·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1250	1263	$0.300	$2.50	2,609	O
#32	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 claude-opus-4-20250514 #32·Elo 1246·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1246	1103	$15.00	$75.00	106	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview #33·Elo 1244·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1244	1274	$0.250	$1.50	976	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview #33·Elo 1244·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1244	1274	$0.250	$1.50	976	O
#34	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 mimo-v2.5 #34·Elo 1240·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1240	1318	$0.140	$0.280	391	O
#35	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 #35·Elo 1240·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1240	1178	$1.75	$14.00	761	O
#38	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) gpt-5.4-mini-high #38·Elo 1237·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1237	1219	$0.750	$4.50	589	O
#40	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B qwen3.5-27b #40·Elo 1232·In $0.195·Out $1.56	1232	1265	$0.195	$1.56	579	O
#41	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct #41·Elo 1230·In $0.200·Out $0.880	1230	1278	$0.200	$0.880	819	O
#42	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B qwen3.5-122b-a10b #42·Elo 1229·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1229	1250	$0.260	$2.08	632	O
#43	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 gpt-5.2 #43·Elo 1226·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1226	1164	$1.75	$14.00	947	O
#44	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat gpt-5-chat #44·Elo 1226·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1226	1178	$1.25	$10.00	1,291	O
#45	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) gpt-5.2-high #45·Elo 1224·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1224	1161	$1.75	$14.00	958	O
#46	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 #46·Elo 1223·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1223	1172	$2.00	$8.00	1,279	O
#47	OpenAI: o3 o3-2025-04-16 #47·Elo 1216·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1216	1166	$2.00	$8.00	1,604	O
#49	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) gpt-5-high #49·Elo 1202·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1202	1155	$1.25	$10.00	1,439	O
#52	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) gpt-5-mini-high #52·Elo 1195·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1195	1217	$0.250	$2.00	1,008	O
#53	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 #53·Elo 1193·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1193	1212	$0.400	$1.60	1,187	O
#55	Google: Gemma 3 27B gemma-3-27b-it #55·Elo 1187·In $0.080·Out $0.160	1187	1288	$0.080	$0.160	630	O
#58	OpenAI: o4 Mini o4-mini-2025-04-16 #58·Elo 1178·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1178	1154	$1.10	$4.40	1,259	O
#58	OpenAI: o4 Mini High o4-mini-2025-04-16 #58·Elo 1178·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1178	1154	$1.10	$4.40	1,259	O
#59	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) gpt-5.4-nano-high #59·Elo 1164·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1164	1203	$0.200	$1.25	553	O
#62	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V glm-4.6v #62·Elo 1143·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1143	1181	$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 1332·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1332	1236	$5.00	$25.00	467	O
#4	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 claude-opus-4-7 #4·Elo 1323·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1323	1228	$5.00	$25.00	413	O
#5	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (thinking) claude-opus-4-7-thinking #5·Elo 1318·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1318	1223	$5.00	$25.00	440	O
#6	Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview gemini-3.1-pro-preview #6·Elo 1315·In $2.00·Out $12.00	1315	1254	$2.00	$12.00	1,070	O
#7	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 #7·Elo 1307·In $5.00·Out $25.00	1307	1212	$5.00	$25.00	598	O
#8	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview gemini-3-flash #8·Elo 1295·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1295	1295	$0.500	$3.00	1,521	O
#9	Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (thinking-minimal) gemini-3-flash (thinking-minimal) #9·Elo 1293·In $0.500·Out $3.00	1293	1293	$0.500	$3.00	1,296	O
#12	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (high) gpt-5.5-high #12·Elo 1282·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1282	1182	$5.00	$30.00	254	O
#13	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (high) gpt-5.4-high #13·Elo 1281·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1281	1211	$2.50	$15.00	317	O
#14	Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 claude-sonnet-4-6 #14·Elo 1278·In $3.00·Out $15.00	1278	1205	$3.00	$15.00	562	O
#16	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro gemini-2.5-pro #16·Elo 1270·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1270	1222	$1.25	$10.00	3,382	O
#16	Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 gemini-2.5-pro #16·Elo 1270·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1270	1222	$1.25	$10.00	3,382	O
#17	Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B qwen3.5-397b-a17b #17·Elo 1270·In $0.390·Out $2.34	1270	1280	$0.390	$2.34	726	O
#18	OpenAI: GPT-5.5 gpt-5.5 #18·Elo 1269·In $5.00·Out $30.00	1269	1169	$5.00	$30.00	278	O
#19	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 (thinking) kimi-k2.5-thinking #19·Elo 1267·In $0.400·Out $1.90	1267	1282	$0.400	$1.90	857	O
#21	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 kimi-k2.6 #21·Elo 1266·In $0.684·Out $3.42	1266	1257	$0.684	$3.42	299	O
#21	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (free) kimi-k2.6 #21·Elo 1266·Out -	1266	-	-	-	299	O
#23	Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo glm-5v-turbo #23·Elo 1262·In $1.20·Out $4.00	1262	1237	$1.20	$4.00	466	O
#24	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 gpt-5.4 #24·Elo 1260·In $2.50·Out $15.00	1260	1190	$2.50	$15.00	340	O
#26	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 gpt-5.1 #26·Elo 1256·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1256	1209	$1.25	$10.00	696	O
#27	OpenAI: GPT-5.1 (high) gpt-5.1-high #27·Elo 1254·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1254	1206	$1.25	$10.00	635	O
#28	xAI: Grok 4.3 grok-4.3 #28·Elo 1253·In $1.25·Out $2.50	1253	1235	$1.25	$2.50	244	O
#30	Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash gemini-2.5-flash #30·Elo 1250·In $0.300·Out $2.50	1250	1263	$0.300	$2.50	2,609	O
#32	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4 claude-opus-4-20250514 #32·Elo 1246·In $15.00·Out $75.00	1246	1103	$15.00	$75.00	106	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview #33·Elo 1244·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1244	1274	$0.250	$1.50	976	O
#33	Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview #33·Elo 1244·In $0.250·Out $1.50	1244	1274	$0.250	$1.50	976	O
#34	Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 mimo-v2.5 #34·Elo 1240·In $0.140·Out $0.280	1240	1318	$0.140	$0.280	391	O
#35	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 #35·Elo 1240·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1240	1178	$1.75	$14.00	761	O
#38	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini (high) gpt-5.4-mini-high #38·Elo 1237·In $0.750·Out $4.50	1237	1219	$0.750	$4.50	589	O
#40	Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B qwen3.5-27b #40·Elo 1232·In $0.195·Out $1.56	1232	1265	$0.195	$1.56	579	O
#41	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct #41·Elo 1230·In $0.200·Out $0.880	1230	1278	$0.200	$0.880	819	O
#42	Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B qwen3.5-122b-a10b #42·Elo 1229·In $0.260·Out $2.08	1229	1250	$0.260	$2.08	632	O
#43	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 gpt-5.2 #43·Elo 1226·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1226	1164	$1.75	$14.00	947	O
#44	OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat gpt-5-chat #44·Elo 1226·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1226	1178	$1.25	$10.00	1,291	O
#45	OpenAI: GPT-5.2 (high) gpt-5.2-high #45·Elo 1224·In $1.75·Out $14.00	1224	1161	$1.75	$14.00	958	O
#46	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 gpt-4.1-2025-04-14 #46·Elo 1223·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1223	1172	$2.00	$8.00	1,279	O
#47	OpenAI: o3 o3-2025-04-16 #47·Elo 1216·In $2.00·Out $8.00	1216	1166	$2.00	$8.00	1,604	O
#49	OpenAI: GPT-5 (high) gpt-5-high #49·Elo 1202·In $1.25·Out $10.00	1202	1155	$1.25	$10.00	1,439	O
#52	OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (high) gpt-5-mini-high #52·Elo 1195·In $0.250·Out $2.00	1195	1217	$0.250	$2.00	1,008	O
#53	OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 #53·Elo 1193·In $0.400·Out $1.60	1193	1212	$0.400	$1.60	1,187	O
#55	Google: Gemma 3 27B gemma-3-27b-it #55·Elo 1187·In $0.080·Out $0.160	1187	1288	$0.080	$0.160	630	O
#58	OpenAI: o4 Mini o4-mini-2025-04-16 #58·Elo 1178·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1178	1154	$1.10	$4.40	1,259	O
#58	OpenAI: o4 Mini High o4-mini-2025-04-16 #58·Elo 1178·In $1.10·Out $4.40	1178	1154	$1.10	$4.40	1,259	O
#59	OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (high) gpt-5.4-nano-high #59·Elo 1164·In $0.200·Out $1.25	1164	1203	$0.200	$1.25	553	O
#62	Z.ai: GLM 4.6V glm-4.6v #62·Elo 1143·In $0.300·Out $0.900	1143	1181	$0.300	$0.900	195	O