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Human ratings

Creative writing (human ratings)

A category computed only from requests that call for originality or expression, such as stories, poems, lyrics, and jokes.

How to read this table

  • Higher rows are rated higher. A range like “1–2” means the gap is within the margin of error.
  • The rating comes from people comparing two answers and picking the better one.
  • At a gap of 50, the higher model is picked about 57% of the time; 100 means 64%, 200 means 76%.
  • Prices are a guide per million tokens, reading then writing.
  • Length is how much text the model can read at once (tokens).

± range of the top model

RankModelDeveloperratingrating scale 1400 to 1550Week
change
OverallInput $
/1M
Output $
/1M
ContextSupportsWeightsReleasedPrice and specs
1–4Claude Opus 5.5AnthropicRating 1520 ±14+21509rank 1–7$4$201MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +2 Price $4 / $20 Length 1M
1–6Gemini 4 ArgonGoogleRating 1512 ±14−41517rank 1–3$2$101.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠09 Week change −4 Price $2 / $10 Length 1.05M
1–8Claude Fable 5AnthropicRating 1501 ±7−11503rank 2–9$10$501MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠06 Week change −1 Price $10 / $50 Length 1M
2–8Claude Opus 4.6AnthropicRating 1499 ±601503rank 2–9$5$251MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠02 Price $5 / $25 Length 1M
1–20Muse WonderMetaRating 1492 ±17+61509rank 1–8$4$201.05MMeta Released 2026-⁠10 Week change +6 Price $4 / $20 Length 1.05M
2–11Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogleRating 1492 ±801490rank 8–25$0.75$3.751.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠08 Price $0.75 / $3.75 Length 1.05M
3–11Claude Opus 4.7AnthropicRating 1489 ±701501rank 2–10$5$251MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠04 Price $5 / $25 Length 1M
3–19Claude Fable 5.1AnthropicRating 1487 ±11+31503rank 2–10$10$501MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +3 Price $10 / $50 Length 1M
5–15Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleRating 1485 ±7−11496rank 4–15$0.75$3.751.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠09 Week change −1 Price $0.75 / $3.75 Length 1.05M
5–17Gemini 3 ProGoogleRating 1485 ±8+11486rank 10–29——1.05MGoogle Released 2025-⁠11 Week change +1 Price — Length 1.05M
5–20Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)GoogleRating 1481 ±501487rank 10–26$2$121.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠02 Price $2 / $12 Length 1.05M
7–26Claude Opus 5AnthropicRating 1474 ±8+31491rank 8–22$5$251MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠07 Week change +3 Price $5 / $25 Length 1M
7–29Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogleRating 1471 ±801483rank 10–35$0.75$3.751.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠07 Price $0.75 / $3.75 Length 1.05M
8–29GPT-5.6 SolOpenAIRating 1470 ±7+11485rank 10–30$4$201.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠07 Week change +1 Price $4 / $20 Length 1.05M
8–29Claude Opus 4.5AnthropicRating 1469 ±801474rank 23–46$5$25200KAnthropic Released 2025-⁠11 Price $5 / $25 Length 200K
10–29Claude Opus 4.8AnthropicRating 1469 ±701481rank 12–36$5$251MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠05 Price $5 / $25 Length 1M
9–29Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogleRating 1469 ±701477rank 18–41$1.5$91.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠05 Price $1.5 / $9 Length 1.05M
9–35Qwen3.8 MaxAlibabaRating 1468 ±9−31483rank 10–36$2$61MAlibaba Released 2026-⁠08 Week change −3 Price $2 / $6 Length 1M
7–46Claude Sonnet 5.5AnthropicRating 1466 ±14+11478rank 14–44$2$101MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +1 Price $2 / $10 Length 1M
7–47Muse SparkMetaRating 1464 ±1401489rank 8–27———Meta Released 2026-⁠04 Price — Length —
12–39Grok 4.20 (beta1)xAIRating 1464 ±1001475rank 19–45————xAI Released — Price — Length —
12–43Muse Spark 1.3MetaRating 1463 ±10+21496rank 3–15$1.25$4.251.05MMeta Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +2 Price $1.25 / $4.25 Length 1.05M
12–40Kimi K3⁠MoonshotRating 1462 ±8+11487rank 8–27$3$151.05MMoonshot Released 2026-⁠07 Week change +1 Price $3 / $15 Length 1.05M
12–51Gemini 3 FlashGoogleRating 1457 ±901473rank 23–49——1.05MGoogle Released 2025-⁠12 Price — Length 1.05M
13–51GLM-5.3⁠Z.aiRating 1456 ±9+41481rank 11–38$1.4$4.41MZ.ai Released 2026-⁠08 Week change +4 Price $1.4 / $4.4 Length 1M
13–53GPT-5.5 InstantOpenAIRating 1455 ±1001473rank 20–50———OpenAI Released 2026-⁠05 Price — Length —
18–51Claude Sonnet 4.5AnthropicRating 1454 ±601456rank 49–69$3$15200KAnthropic Released 2025-⁠09 Price $3 / $15 Length 200K
12–62GPT-6.1 SolOpenAIRating 1453 ±15−71480rank 10–41$2$101.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠09 Week change −7 Price $2 / $10 Length 1.05M
18–53GLM-5.2⁠Z.aiRating 1453 ±701475rank 19–43$1.4$4.41MZ.ai Released 2026-⁠06 Price $1.4 / $4.4 Length 1M
18–54Grok 4.5xAIRating 1452 ±801466rank 33–55$2$6500KxAI Released 2026-⁠07 Price $2 / $6 Length 500K
19–53GPT-5.5OpenAIRating 1452 ±701482rank 12–36$5$301.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠04 Price $5 / $30 Length 1.05M
18–62GPT-6 AstraOpenAIRating 1449 ±1201476rank 17–44$10$501.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠09 Price $10 / $50 Length 1.05M
19–54Claude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicRating 1449 ±701472rank 24–49$3$151MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠02 Price $3 / $15 Length 1M
19–60GLM-5⁠Z.aiRating 1448 ±901457rank 47–70$1$3.2204.8KZ.ai Released 2026-⁠02 Price $1 / $3.2 Length 204.8K
20–59Grok 4.20 Multi Agent (beta, 0309)xAIRating 1447 ±701471rank 24–50————xAI Released — Price — Length —
21–60DeepSeek-V4 Pro⁠DeepSeekRating 1446 ±701458rank 47–69$0.66$1.981MDeepSeek Released 2026-⁠04 Price $0.66 / $1.98 Length 1M
22–59GLM-5.1⁠Z.aiRating 1446 ±6−11465rank 36–53$1.4$4.4200KZ.ai Released 2026-⁠04 Week change −1 Price $1.4 / $4.4 Length 200K
12–76MiMo-V2.6 Pro⁠XiaomiRating 1446 ±21+21480rank 10–44$0.435$0.871.05MXiaomi Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +2 Price $0.435 / $0.87 Length 1.05M
18–70DeepSeek-V4 Pro (2026-⁠08)⁠DeepSeekRating 1446 ±1401465rank 30–64$0.66$1.981MDeepSeek Released 2026-⁠08 Price $0.66 / $1.98 Length 1M
21–62Claude Opus 4.1AnthropicRating 1446 ±801450rank 54–80——200KAnthropic Released 2025-⁠08 Price — Length 200K
How to read this page
  • These ratings exclude the effect of response length and formatting. Differences where the ± ranges overlap are within the margin of error, so about the same.
  • In the Supports column the icons are, from left: can use tools / can read images / can answer in a fixed format (JSON); faded means not supported or unknown.
  • Open-weights models have their contents (the weights) published, so you can also run them on your own computer or server. Models without the open-weights mark are normally used through the developer's own services (apps or API); for some models the weights status is unknown.
  • Names such as ChatGPT next to a model are the consumer services its developer offers. Check on the service itself whether that model is available there.

Data: Arena, Epoch AI, Swallow LLM team (CC BY 4.0), Models.dev (MIT), updated 2026-⁠10-⁠24, data sources