Content Writing

Top picks for long-form writing and copywriting.

Updated June 13, 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
9OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Previewopenai8212.6128K$0.1500$0.6000
10OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Miniopenai8223.3400K$0.7500$4.50
11ERNIE 5.0 Thinking PreviewBaidu8229.1FreeFree
12Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5mistralai8239.2262K$1.50$7.50
13AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Thinkallenai8212.166K$0.1500$0.5000
14Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47Bbaidu8215131K$0.2800$1.10
15OpenAI: GPT-4o-miniopenai8212.6128K$0.1500$0.6000
16Claude InstantAnthropic827.4FreeFree
17Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0amazon8212.7300K$0.0600$0.2400
18Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10Bqwen8235.9262K$0.2600$2.08
19Nova 2.0 Lite (high)Amazon8234.5$0.3000$2.50
20Qwen3 VL 4B InstructAlibaba829.6FreeFree
21Mistral: Mistral Small Creativemistralai8210.233K$0.1000$0.3000
22Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkingqwen8226.7262K$0.0975$0.7800
23Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)google8210.3131KFreeFree
24Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instructmeta-llama828.7131K$0.3450$0.3450
25Mistral: Mistral Small 4mistralai8218.6262K$0.1500$0.6000
26Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning)Alibaba8231.5$0.3750$2.25
27AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Thinkallenai829.466K$0.1200$0.2000
28Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24Bmistralai8215.1128K$0.0750$0.2000
29OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)openai8214.5128K$5.00$15.00
30MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6moonshotai8242.9262K$0.6800$3.41
31Claude 2.1Anthropic829.3FreeFree
32Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5anthropic8231200K$1.00$5.00
33OpenAI: GPT-4.1openai8226.31M$2.00$8.00
34Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0amazon8213.5300K$0.8000$3.20
35Qwen: Qwen3.5-27Bqwen8242.1262K$0.1950$1.56
36Nova 2.0 Omni (low)Amazon8223.2$0.3000$2.50
37Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B InstructAlibaba8224.8$1.50$7.50
38AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Thinkallenai8213.966K$0.1500$0.5000
39Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507qwen8222.4131K$0.0800$0.4000
40Qwen2.5 72B Instructqwen8215.6131K$0.3600$0.4000
41MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7minimax8249.6205K$0.2500$1.00
42Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen8243.5262K$0.1500$1.00
43xAI: Grok 4.1 Fastx-ai8238.62M$0.2000$0.5000
44MiniMax: MiniMax M1minimax8224.41M$0.4000$2.20
45OpenAI: GPT-4oopenai8217.3128K$2.50$10.00
46Mistral Small (Feb ’24)Mistral829$1.00$3.00
47Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17Bqwen8240.1262K$0.3900$2.34
48Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instructqwen8214.3256K$0.0800$0.5000
49OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Miniopenai8222.91M$0.4000$1.60
50Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle8233.51M$0.2500$1.50
#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
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Previewopenai
AI 12.6128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#1082
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Miniopenai
AI 23.3400K ctx$0.7500/M in
#1182
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking PreviewBaidu
AI 29.1Free/M in
#1282
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5mistralai
AI 39.2262K ctx$1.50/M in
#1382
AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Thinkallenai
AI 12.166K ctx$0.1500/M in
#1482
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47Bbaidu
AI 15131K ctx$0.2800/M in
#1582
OpenAI: GPT-4o-miniopenai
AI 12.6128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#1682
Claude InstantAnthropic
AI 7.4Free/M in
#1782
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0amazon
AI 12.7300K ctx$0.0600/M in
#1882
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10Bqwen
AI 35.9262K ctx$0.2600/M in
#1982
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)Amazon
AI 34.5$0.3000/M in
#2082
Qwen3 VL 4B InstructAlibaba
AI 9.6Free/M in
#2182
Mistral: Mistral Small Creativemistralai
AI 10.233K ctx$0.1000/M in
#2282
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkingqwen
AI 26.7262K ctx$0.0975/M in
#2382
Google: Gemma 3 27B (free)google
AI 10.3131K ctxFree/M in
#2482
Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instructmeta-llama
AI 8.7131K ctx$0.3450/M in
#2582
Mistral: Mistral Small 4mistralai
AI 18.6262K ctx$0.1500/M in
#2682
Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Non-reasoning)Alibaba
AI 31.5$0.3750/M in
#2782
AllenAI: Olmo 3 7B Thinkallenai
AI 9.466K ctx$0.1200/M in
#2882
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24Bmistralai
AI 15.1128K ctx$0.0750/M in
#2982
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)openai
AI 14.5128K ctx$5.00/M in
#3082
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6moonshotai
AI 42.9262K ctx$0.6800/M in
#3182
Claude 2.1Anthropic
AI 9.3Free/M in
#3282
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5anthropic
AI 31200K ctx$1.00/M in
#3382
OpenAI: GPT-4.1openai
AI 26.31M ctx$2.00/M in
#3482
Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0amazon
AI 13.5300K ctx$0.8000/M in
#3582
Qwen: Qwen3.5-27Bqwen
AI 42.1262K ctx$0.1950/M in
#3682
Nova 2.0 Omni (low)Amazon
AI 23.2$0.3000/M in
#3782
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B InstructAlibaba
AI 24.8$1.50/M in
#3882
AllenAI: Olmo 3.1 32B Thinkallenai
AI 13.966K ctx$0.1500/M in
#3982
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507qwen
AI 22.4131K ctx$0.0800/M in
#4082
Qwen2.5 72B Instructqwen
AI 15.6131K ctx$0.3600/M in
#4182
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7minimax
AI 49.6205K ctx$0.2500/M in
#4282
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen
AI 43.5262K ctx$0.1500/M in
#4382
xAI: Grok 4.1 Fastx-ai
AI 38.62M ctx$0.2000/M in
#4482
MiniMax: MiniMax M1minimax
AI 24.41M ctx$0.4000/M in
#4582
OpenAI: GPT-4oopenai
AI 17.3128K ctx$2.50/M in
#4682
Mistral Small (Feb ’24)Mistral
AI 9$1.00/M in
#4782
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17Bqwen
AI 40.1262K ctx$0.3900/M in
#4882
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instructqwen
AI 14.3256K ctx$0.0800/M in
#4982
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Miniopenai
AI 22.91M ctx$0.4000/M in
#5082
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle
AI 33.51M ctx$0.2500/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.