Writingbench

    🏆 Leaderboard

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 is #1 for Writingbench at 88.3%. Ranked by the Writingbench score 15 models in this index have a published Writingbench score. Writingbench leaderboard: rank models by Writingbench next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 31, 2026345 models36 providers

    Writingbench vs price

    15 models. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price — a dot under it is a worse deal than something on the line.

    Best score at each price#1 on this board
    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507OSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    88.3%$3.30
    Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    87.3%$1.65
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    86.7%$3.94
    Qwen3 VL 32B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    86.2%$0.80
    Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    85.5%$2.27
    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    85.5%$1.79
    Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507OSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    85.2%$0.95
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    85.2%$1.20
    Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    84.6%$1.65
    Qwen3 VL 4B ThinkingOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    84%$1.10
    Qwen3 VL 8B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    83.1%$0.58
    Qwen3 VL 32B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    82.9%$0.52
    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    82.6%$0.90
    Qwen3 VL 4B InstructOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    82.5%$0.70
    Kimi K2-Thinking-0905OSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    73.8%$2.47
    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
    Codestral-22BOSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    $1.20
    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 VL2OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via Replicate
    $2.80
    DeepSeek VL2 SmallOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via Replicate
    $1.70
    DeepSeek VL2 TinyOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via Replicate
    $0.90
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
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    Which model leads Writingbench right now?

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 by Qwen is #1 for Writingbench at 88.3%. Ranked by the Writingbench score This board also tracks Writingbench. Next on the same board: Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking. This writingbench leaderboard ranks models by Writingbench. 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 writingbench. Ranked by the Writingbench score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelWritingbenchInput /MOutput /M
    1Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-250788.3%$0.30$3.00
    2Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct87.3%$0.15$1.50
    3Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking86.7%$0.45$3.49
    4Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking86.2%$0.16$0.64
    5Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct85.5%$0.30$1.49
    6Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking85.5%$0.18$2.09
    7Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking85.2%$0.20$1.00
    8Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-250785.2%$0.15$0.80

    Writingbench FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Writingbench leaderboard?

    As of August 31, 2026, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 by Qwen ranks #1 on Writingbench at 88.3%. API pricing is $0.30/M input and $3.00/M output.

    What are the top models on Writingbench?

    The current Writingbench ranking as of August 31, 2026 is 1. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 at 88.3%; 2. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct at 87.3%; 3. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at 86.7%.

    Which writingbench model is the cheapest?

    Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct is the cheapest scored model on this writingbench leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.42/M output ($0.52 blended). Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 still leads Writingbench at 88.3%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Writingbench model?

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

    How often is the Writingbench leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 31, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is Writingbench?

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

    Where is the Writingbench leaderboard?

    This page is the Writingbench leaderboard. Models are sorted by Writingbench, 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 Writingbench ranking different from the official board?

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