Best AI models for writing
Writing models live and die on voice, rhythm, and instruction-following. We weigh writing feel more than raw reasoning.
The podium
Top 3 picks
🥇OpenAI
GPT-5OpenAI's flagship. Omni-modal, omni-purpose.
writing
10.0
reasoning
10.0
value
6.0
400K context$10.00 / $40.00
🥈Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6Sonnet strikes back. The price-performance sweet spot.
writing
9.0
reasoning
9.0
value
9.0
1M context$3.00 / $15.00
🥉Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic's flagship. Deep reasoning, long-horizon agents.
writing
9.0
reasoning
10.0
value
6.0
1M context$15.00 / $75.00
Full ranking
Runners-up
| # | Model | Context | Price /M | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Mistral Large 3 Mistral | 256K | $2.00 / $6.00 | View → |
| 5 | Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic | 200K | $1.00 / $5.00 | View → |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Google | 2M | $3.50 / $14.00 | View → |
| 7 | Qwen 3 Max Alibaba | 256K | $1.20 / $4.00 | View → |
| 8 | GPT-4.1 OpenAI | 1M | $2.00 / $8.00 | View → |
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