Content Writing

Top picks for long-form writing and copywriting.

Updated June 14, 2026

Top picks for long-form writing and copywriting.

# Model Score AI Index Context Input / 1M Output / 1M Caps
1Anthropic: Claude Fable 5anthropic New Top Pick94.764.91M$10.00$50.00
2Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8anthropic New Top Pick In-House Pick92.461.41M$5.00$25.00
3Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle Best for Agents91.757.21M$2.00$12.00
4OpenAI: GPT-5.5openai Top Pick88.860.21.1M$5.00$30.00
5Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7anthropic88.351.81M$5.00$25.00
6Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic In-House Pick84.451.71M$3.00$15.00
7OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codexopenai83.553.6400K$1.75$14.00
8Google: Gemini 3 Flash Previewgoogle82.546.41M$0.5000$3.00
9AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Thinkallenai829.466K$0.1200$0.2000
10Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24Bmistralai8215.1128K$0.0750$0.2000
11OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)openai8214.5128K$5.00$15.00
12MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6moonshotai8242.9262K$0.6800$3.41
13Claude 2.1Anthropic829.3FreeFree
14Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5anthropic8231200K$1.00$5.00
15OpenAI: GPT-4.1openai8226.31M$2.00$8.00
16Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0amazon8213.5300K$0.8000$3.20
17Qwen: Qwen3.5-27Bqwen8242.1262K$0.1950$1.56
18Nova 2.0 Omni (low)Amazon8223.2$0.3000$2.50
19Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B InstructAlibaba8224.8$1.50$7.50
20AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Thinkallenai8213.966K$0.1500$0.5000
21Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507qwen8222.4131K$0.0800$0.4000
22Qwen2.5 72B Instructqwen8215.6131K$0.3600$0.4000
23MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7minimax8249.6205K$0.2500$1.00
24Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen8243.5262K$0.1500$1.00
25xAI: Grok 4.1 Fastx-ai8238.62M$0.2000$0.5000
26MiniMax: MiniMax M1minimax8224.41M$0.4000$2.20
27OpenAI: GPT-4oopenai8217.3128K$2.50$10.00
28Mistral Small (Feb ’24)Mistral829$1.00$3.00
29Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17Bqwen8240.1262K$0.3900$2.34
30Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instructqwen8214.3256K$0.0800$0.5000
31OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Miniopenai8222.91M$0.4000$1.60
32Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle8233.51M$0.2500$1.50
33Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)Amazon8229.7$0.3000$2.50
34Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba8213.7FreeFree
35OpenAI: GPT-5.2openai8251.3400K$1.75$14.00
36DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1deepseek8227.7164K$0.2100$0.7900
37Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Properplexity8217.9128K$2.00$8.00
38Qwen: Qwen3.6 27Bqwen8245.8262K$0.2885$3.17
39Google: Gemini 3 Pro Previewgoogle8241.31M$2.00$12.00
40Google: Gemini 2.5 Flashgoogle8220.61M$0.3000$2.50
41Mistral: Mistral Small 3mistralai8212.733K$0.0500$0.0800
42Meta: Llama 3 70B Instructmeta-llama828.98K$0.5100$0.7400
43Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)Meta8211.9$1.38$1.38
44Magistral Small 1Mistral8216.8FreeFree
45MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5minimax8241.9205K$0.1500$0.9000
46Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingqwen8219.7131K$0.1300$1.56
47Meta: Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama8218.41M$0.1500$0.6000
48Upstage: Solar Pro 3upstage8225.9128K$0.1500$0.6000
49Nova 2.0 Lite (low)Amazon8224.6$0.3000$2.50
50Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba8218.2FreeFree
#1NewTop Pick94.7
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5anthropic
AI 64.91M ctx$10.00/M in
#2NewTop PickIn-House Pick92.4
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8anthropic
AI 61.41M ctx$5.00/M in
#3Best for Agents91.7
Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle
AI 57.21M ctx$2.00/M in
#4Top Pick88.8
OpenAI: GPT-5.5openai
AI 60.21.1M ctx$5.00/M in
#588.3
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7anthropic
AI 51.81M ctx$5.00/M in
#6In-House Pick84.4
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6anthropic
AI 51.71M ctx$3.00/M in
#783.5
OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codexopenai
AI 53.6400K ctx$1.75/M in
#882.5
Google: Gemini 3 Flash Previewgoogle
AI 46.41M ctx$0.5000/M in
#982
AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Thinkallenai
AI 9.466K ctx$0.1200/M in
#1082
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24Bmistralai
AI 15.1128K ctx$0.0750/M in
#1182
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)openai
AI 14.5128K ctx$5.00/M in
#1282
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6moonshotai
AI 42.9262K ctx$0.6800/M in
#1382
Claude 2.1Anthropic
AI 9.3Free/M in
#1482
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5anthropic
AI 31200K ctx$1.00/M in
#1582
OpenAI: GPT-4.1openai
AI 26.31M ctx$2.00/M in
#1682
Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0amazon
AI 13.5300K ctx$0.8000/M in
#1782
Qwen: Qwen3.5-27Bqwen
AI 42.1262K ctx$0.1950/M in
#1882
Nova 2.0 Omni (low)Amazon
AI 23.2$0.3000/M in
#1982
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B InstructAlibaba
AI 24.8$1.50/M in
#2082
AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Thinkallenai
AI 13.966K ctx$0.1500/M in
#2182
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507qwen
AI 22.4131K ctx$0.0800/M in
#2282
Qwen2.5 72B Instructqwen
AI 15.6131K ctx$0.3600/M in
#2382
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7minimax
AI 49.6205K ctx$0.2500/M in
#2482
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen
AI 43.5262K ctx$0.1500/M in
#2582
xAI: Grok 4.1 Fastx-ai
AI 38.62M ctx$0.2000/M in
#2682
MiniMax: MiniMax M1minimax
AI 24.41M ctx$0.4000/M in
#2782
OpenAI: GPT-4oopenai
AI 17.3128K ctx$2.50/M in
#2882
Mistral Small (Feb ’24)Mistral
AI 9$1.00/M in
#2982
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17Bqwen
AI 40.1262K ctx$0.3900/M in
#3082
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instructqwen
AI 14.3256K ctx$0.0800/M in
#3182
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Miniopenai
AI 22.91M ctx$0.4000/M in
#3282
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle
AI 33.51M ctx$0.2500/M in
#3382
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)Amazon
AI 29.7$0.3000/M in
#3482
Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 13.7Free/M in
#3582
OpenAI: GPT-5.2openai
AI 51.3400K ctx$1.75/M in
#3682
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1deepseek
AI 27.7164K ctx$0.2100/M in
#3782
Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Properplexity
AI 17.9128K ctx$2.00/M in
#3882
Qwen: Qwen3.6 27Bqwen
AI 45.8262K ctx$0.2885/M in
#3982
Google: Gemini 3 Pro Previewgoogle
AI 41.31M ctx$2.00/M in
#4082
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flashgoogle
AI 20.61M ctx$0.3000/M in
#4182
Mistral: Mistral Small 3mistralai
AI 12.733K ctx$0.0500/M in
#4282
Meta: Llama 3 70B Instructmeta-llama
AI 8.98K ctx$0.5100/M in
#4382
Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)Meta
AI 11.9$1.38/M in
#4482
Magistral Small 1Mistral
AI 16.8Free/M in
#4582
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5minimax
AI 41.9205K ctx$0.1500/M in
#4682
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingqwen
AI 19.7131K ctx$0.1300/M in
#4782
Meta: Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama
AI 18.41M ctx$0.1500/M in
#4882
Upstage: Solar Pro 3upstage
AI 25.9128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#4982
Nova 2.0 Lite (low)Amazon
AI 24.6$0.3000/M in
#5082
Qwen3 4B 2507 (Reasoning)Alibaba
AI 18.2Free/M in

How we rank AI models

The Design for Online AI Model Leaderboard scores 578 models on a single 0–100 scale built from four weighted dimensions: intelligence (reasoning and knowledge benchmarks), technical capability (coding and tool use), content quality (writing and instruction-following) and value (capability per dollar).

Underlying data is aggregated from the OpenRouter API for pricing and availability, Artificial Analysis for intelligence, coding and agentic indices, and the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard for open-model benchmarks. We refresh these sources daily and layer our own editorial review on top, so a model that benchmarks well but is impractical to deploy will not automatically top the table.

Models are grouped into tiers (Frontier, Professional, Specialist, Efficient, Emerging and Legacy) to make like-for-like comparison easier, and newly released models are flagged so you can see what has just landed.

Leaderboard FAQ

How often is the leaderboard updated?

Pricing, availability and benchmark data are synced daily from our sources, and editorial scores are reviewed whenever a significant new model is released.

How is the overall score calculated?

Each model is graded 0–10 on intelligence, technical capability, content quality and value; those dimensions are weighted and combined into the 0–100 overall score used to rank the table.

Where does the data come from?

From the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis and the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard, combined with hands-on editorial testing by the Design for Online team.