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: Molmo2 8Ballenai827.337K$0.2000$0.2000
10Qwen: Qwen3 Maxqwen8231.4262K$0.7800$3.90
11xAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Betax-ai8248.52M$2.00$6.00
12Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)Nous Research8218.6$1.00$3.00
13NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)nvidia8221.4256KFreeFree
14Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3prime-intellect8222.2131K$0.2000$1.10
15Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507qwen8215131K$0.0482$0.1931
16Mistral: Sabamistralai8212.133K$0.2000$0.6000
17Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instructmeta-llama8212.5131K$0.4000$0.4000
18Claude 3 OpusAnthropic8218$15.00$75.00
19MiniMax: MiniMax M2minimax8236.1205K$0.2550$1.00
20Mistral: Mistral Medium 3mistralai8218.8131K$0.4000$2.00
21OpenAI: o1openai8230.7200K$15.00$60.00
22Magistral Medium 1.2Mistral8227.1$2.00$5.00
23Qwen2.5 MaxAlibaba8216.3$1.60$6.40
24MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1minimax8239.4205K$0.2900$0.9500
25OpenAI: GPT-5 Codexopenai8244.6400K$1.25$10.00
26Cohere: Command Acohere8213.5256K$2.50$10.00
27Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnetanthropic8215.9200K$6.00$30.00
28OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nanoopenai8238.1400K$0.2000$1.25
29Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 70B (Reasoning)Nous Research8216$0.1300$0.4000
30Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5anthropic8243.1200K$5.00$25.00
31Google: Gemini 2.0 Flashgoogle8216.81M$0.1000$0.4000
32Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plusqwen82501M$0.3250$1.95
33Claude 3 SonnetAnthropic8210.3$3.00$15.00
34Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instructqwen8217.2262K$0.1040$0.4160
35Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06google8229.51M$1.25$10.00
36Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)meta-llama8214.5131KFreeFree
37Nova 2.0 Omni (medium)Amazon8228$0.3000$2.50
38Qwen2 Instruct 72BAlibaba8211.7FreeFree
39OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Previewopenai8212.6128K$0.1500$0.6000
40OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Miniopenai8223.3400K$0.7500$4.50
41ERNIE 5.0 Thinking PreviewBaidu8229.1FreeFree
42Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5mistralai8239.2262K$1.50$7.50
43AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Thinkallenai8212.166K$0.1500$0.5000
44Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47Bbaidu8215131K$0.2800$1.10
45OpenAI: GPT-4o-miniopenai8212.6128K$0.1500$0.6000
46Claude InstantAnthropic827.4FreeFree
47Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0amazon8212.7300K$0.0600$0.2400
48Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10Bqwen8235.9262K$0.2600$2.08
49Nova 2.0 Lite (high)Amazon8234.5$0.3000$2.50
50Qwen3 VL 4B InstructAlibaba829.6FreeFree
#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: Molmo2 8Ballenai
AI 7.337K ctx$0.2000/M in
#1082
Qwen: Qwen3 Maxqwen
AI 31.4262K ctx$0.7800/M in
#1182
xAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Betax-ai
AI 48.52M ctx$2.00/M in
#1282
Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)Nous Research
AI 18.6$1.00/M in
#1382
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)nvidia
AI 21.4256K ctxFree/M in
#1482
Prime Intellect: INTELLECT-3prime-intellect
AI 22.2131K ctx$0.2000/M in
#1582
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507qwen
AI 15131K ctx$0.0482/M in
#1682
Mistral: Sabamistralai
AI 12.133K ctx$0.2000/M in
#1782
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instructmeta-llama
AI 12.5131K ctx$0.4000/M in
#1882
Claude 3 OpusAnthropic
AI 18$15.00/M in
#1982
MiniMax: MiniMax M2minimax
AI 36.1205K ctx$0.2550/M in
#2082
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3mistralai
AI 18.8131K ctx$0.4000/M in
#2182
OpenAI: o1openai
AI 30.7200K ctx$15.00/M in
#2282
Magistral Medium 1.2Mistral
AI 27.1$2.00/M in
#2382
Qwen2.5 MaxAlibaba
AI 16.3$1.60/M in
#2482
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1minimax
AI 39.4205K ctx$0.2900/M in
#2582
OpenAI: GPT-5 Codexopenai
AI 44.6400K ctx$1.25/M in
#2682
Cohere: Command Acohere
AI 13.5256K ctx$2.50/M in
#2782
Anthropic: Claude 3.5 Sonnetanthropic
AI 15.9200K ctx$6.00/M in
#2882
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nanoopenai
AI 38.1400K ctx$0.2000/M in
#2982
Hermes 4 – Llama-3.1 70B (Reasoning)Nous Research
AI 16$0.1300/M in
#3082
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5anthropic
AI 43.1200K ctx$5.00/M in
#3182
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flashgoogle
AI 16.81M ctx$0.1000/M in
#3282
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plusqwen
AI 501M ctx$0.3250/M in
#3382
Claude 3 SonnetAnthropic
AI 10.3$3.00/M in
#3482
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 32B Instructqwen
AI 17.2262K ctx$0.1040/M in
#3582
Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06google
AI 29.51M ctx$1.25/M in
#3682
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)meta-llama
AI 14.5131K ctxFree/M in
#3782
Nova 2.0 Omni (medium)Amazon
AI 28$0.3000/M in
#3882
Qwen2 Instruct 72BAlibaba
AI 11.7Free/M in
#3982
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Previewopenai
AI 12.6128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#4082
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Miniopenai
AI 23.3400K ctx$0.7500/M in
#4182
ERNIE 5.0 Thinking PreviewBaidu
AI 29.1Free/M in
#4282
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5mistralai
AI 39.2262K ctx$1.50/M in
#4382
AllenAI: Olmo 3 32B Thinkallenai
AI 12.166K ctx$0.1500/M in
#4482
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47Bbaidu
AI 15131K ctx$0.2800/M in
#4582
OpenAI: GPT-4o-miniopenai
AI 12.6128K ctx$0.1500/M in
#4682
Claude InstantAnthropic
AI 7.4Free/M in
#4782
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0amazon
AI 12.7300K ctx$0.0600/M in
#4882
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10Bqwen
AI 35.9262K ctx$0.2600/M in
#4982
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)Amazon
AI 34.5$0.3000/M in
#5082
Qwen3 VL 4B InstructAlibaba
AI 9.6Free/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.