Best AI Models for Writing in 2026

For blog posts, essays, marketing copy, and creative writing. Ranked by overall intelligence -- the best writers are the smartest models. Higher intelligence means better coherence, style, and accuracy.

#		Model	Provider	Intelligence	Speed	Price/1M	Context
1		Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools	Google	57.2	117 tok/s	$2.00	1.0M
2		Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview	Google	57.2	117 tok/s	$2.00	1.0M
3		MiniMax: MiniMax M2	MiniMax	49.6	44 tok/s	$0.26	197K
4		Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)	Google	48.4	119 tok/s	$2.00	66K
5		Anthropic: Claude Opus 4	Anthropic	46.5	44 tok/s	$15	200K
6		OpenAI: GPT-5 Codex	OpenAI	44.6	170 tok/s	$1.25	400K
7		OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano	OpenAI	44.6	61 tok/s	$0.20	400K
8		OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini	OpenAI	44.6	61 tok/s	$0.75	400K
9		OpenAI: GPT-5	OpenAI	44.4	221 tok/s	$1.25	400K
10		Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4	Anthropic	44.4	44 tok/s	$3.00	200K
11		DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale	DeepSeek	41.7	36 tok/s	$0.40	164K
12		DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2	DeepSeek	41.7	36 tok/s	$0.26	164K
13		Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview	Google	41.3	116 tok/s	$2.00	1.0M
14		OpenAI: o3 Deep Research	OpenAI	38.4	77 tok/s	$10	200K
15		OpenAI: o3 Pro	OpenAI	38.4	77 tok/s	$20	200K
16	S	StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash	StepFun	37.8	78 tok/s	$0.10	256K
17		Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5	Anthropic	37.1	118 tok/s	$1.00	200K
18		Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku	Anthropic	37.1	118 tok/s	$0.25	200K
19		MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7	MiniMax	36.1	46 tok/s	$0.30	205K
20		MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5	MiniMax	36.1	46 tok/s	$0.20	197K
21		NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super	NVIDIA	36.0	402 tok/s	$0.10	262K
22	A	Amazon: Nova Pro 1.0	Amazon	35.7	151 tok/s	$0.80	300K
23		xAI: Grok 4 Fast	xAI	35.1	137 tok/s	$0.20	2M
24		Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview	Google	35.0	186 tok/s	$0.50	1.0M
25		Anthropic: Claude 3.7 Sonnet (thinking)	Anthropic	34.7	0 tok/s	$3.00	200K
26		Anthropic: Claude 3.7 Sonnet	Anthropic	34.7	0 tok/s	$3.00	200K
27		Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05	Google	34.6	120 tok/s	$1.25	1.0M
28		Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro	Google	34.6	120 tok/s	$1.25	1.0M
29		Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025	Google	33.5	214 tok/s	$0.10	1.0M
30		Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview	Google	33.5	214 tok/s	$0.25	1.0M
31		OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b	OpenAI	33.3	289 tok/s	$0.04	131K
32		OpenAI: o4 Mini Deep Research	OpenAI	33.1	140 tok/s	$2.00	200K
33		xAI: Grok 3 Mini	xAI	32.1	199 tok/s	$0.30	131K
34		OpenAI: o1-pro	OpenAI	30.8	115 tok/s	$150	200K
35		xAI: Grok 4	xAI	29.7	87 tok/s	$3.00	256K
36		xAI: Grok Code Fast 1	xAI	28.7	172 tok/s	$0.20	256K
37		DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus	DeepSeek	28.1	0 tok/s	$0.21	164K
38		DeepSeek: R1 0528	DeepSeek	27.1	0 tok/s	$0.45	164K
39		Mistral: Mistral Small 4	Mistral AI	26.9	0 tok/s	$0.15	262K
40		OpenAI: o3	OpenAI	25.9	143 tok/s	$2.00	200K
41		OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b	OpenAI	24.5	304 tok/s	$0.03	131K
42		NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B	NVIDIA	24.3	116 tok/s	$0.05	262K
43		OpenAI: o1	OpenAI	23.7	0 tok/s	$15	200K
44		Mistral Large	Mistral AI	22.8	60 tok/s	$2.00	128K
45		DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324	DeepSeek	22.3	0 tok/s	$0.20	164K
46		Mistral: Devstral 2 2512	Mistral AI	22.0	79 tok/s	$0.40	262K
47		OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat	OpenAI	21.8	116 tok/s	$1.25	128K
48		xAI: Grok 3	xAI	21.6	0 tok/s	$3.00	131K
49		Mistral: Mistral Medium 3	Mistral AI	21.3	83 tok/s	$0.40	131K
50		MiniMax: MiniMax M1	MiniMax	20.9	0 tok/s	$0.40	1M

Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis