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    Creative Writing V3

    🏆 Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is #1 for Creative Writing V3 at 87.5%. Ranked by the Creative Writing V3 score 12 models in this index have a published Creative Writing V3 score. Creative Writing V3 leaderboard: rank models by Creative Writing V3 next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507OSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		87.5%$0.95
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		86.5%$1.79
    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507OSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		86.1%$3.30
    Grok-4.1 Thinking
    xAI · Proprietary
    		86.1%$18.00
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		85.7%$3.94
    Qwen3 VL 32B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    		85.6%$0.52
    Grok-4.1
    xAI · Proprietary
    		85.4%$18.00
    Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		85.3%$1.65
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		84.6%$0.90
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		82.5%$1.20
    Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		82.4%$2.27
    Qwen3 VL 4B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    		76.1%$1.10
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    		—$12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$18.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$60.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$60.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$90.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$90.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$30.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$18.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    		—$12.00
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    		—$12.50
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    		—$1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor · Proprietary
    		—$3.00
    Composer 2 Fast
    Cursor · Proprietary
    		—$9.00
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$0.50
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$0.30
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$2.74
    DeepSeek-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$0.42
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$1.37
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$1.42
    DeepSeek-V3.1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$1.27
    DeepSeek-V3.2OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    		—$0.57
    DeepSeek-V3.2 (Non-thinking)OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$0.70
    DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    		—$0.68
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    The index

    All Large Language Models

    282 models across 33 providers. Search or jump to a lab — every model page stays linked here.

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    1 models
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    1 models
    Mercury 2

    inclusionAI

    1 models
    Ling-3.0-flash

    LG AI Research

    1 models
    K-EXAONE-236B-A23B

    Nous Research

    1 models
    Hermes 3 70B

    Sakana AI

    1 models
    Sakana Namazu

    StepFun

    1 models
    Step-3.5-Flash

    Tencent

    1 models
    Hy3

    Thinking Machines

    1 models
    Inkling-Small

    Unisound

    1 models
    U2

    Upstage

    1 models
    Solar Pro 4

    Which model leads Creative Writing V3 right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 by Qwen is #1 for Creative Writing V3 at 87.5%. Ranked by the Creative Writing V3 score This board also tracks Creative Writing V3. Next on the same board: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507. This creative writing v3 leaderboard ranks models by Creative Writing V3. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Top 8 for creative writing v3. Ranked by the Creative Writing V3 score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelCreative Writing V3Input /MOutput /M
    1Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-250787.5%$0.15$0.80
    2Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct86.5%$0.30$1.49
    3Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-250786.1%$0.30$3.00
    4Grok-4.1 Thinking86.1%$3.00$15.00
    5Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking85.7%$0.45$3.49
    6Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct85.6%$0.10$0.42
    7Grok-4.185.4%$3.00$15.00
    8Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct85.3%$0.15$1.50

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    Creative Writing V3 FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Creative Writing V3 leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 by Qwen ranks #1 on Creative Writing V3 at 87.5%. API pricing is $0.15/M input and $0.80/M output.

    What are the top models on Creative Writing V3?

    The current Creative Writing V3 ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 at 87.5%; 2. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct at 86.5%; 3. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 at 86.1%.

    Which creative writing v3 model is the cheapest?

    Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is the cheapest scored model on this creative writing v3 leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.42/M output ($0.52 blended). Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 still leads Creative Writing V3 at 87.5%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Creative Writing V3 model?

    Not automatically. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 leads Creative Writing V3, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Creative Writing V3 against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Creative Writing V3 leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is Creative Writing V3?

    Creative Writing V3 is a public LLM eval (the Creative Writing V3 score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.

    Where is the Creative Writing V3 leaderboard?

    This page is the Creative Writing V3 leaderboard. Models are sorted by Creative Writing V3, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.

    How is this Creative Writing V3 ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Creative Writing V3 score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.