Writing Models
Best LLMs for Writing and Content: Benchmarks and Pricing
Find the best LLM for writing blog posts, marketing copy, emails, and creative content. We rank models by their LiveBench language scores — covering summarization, paraphrase detection, and writing quality — alongside API pricing so you can pick the right model for your content workflow.
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GPT 4
OpenAI
$30.00/1M input
Largest Context
Grok 4.20 Multi Agent
xAI
2Mcontext
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All Writing Models
| Provider | Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibm-granite | Granite 4.0 H Micro | $0.0170 | $0.1100 | 131K | 36.3Good |
| Meta | Llama 3.1 8b Instruct | $0.0200 | $0.0500 | 16.4K | 46.6Good |
| OpenAI | GPT Oss 20b | $0.0300 | $0.1400 | 131.1K | 65.6Frontier |
| OpenAI | GPT Oss 120b | $0.0390 | $0.1800 | 131.1K | 47.7Good |
| Gemma 3 4b It | $0.0400 | $0.0800 | 131.1K | 63.1Strong | |
| Gemma 3 12b It | $0.0400 | $0.1300 | 131.1K | 70.0Frontier | |
| Meta | Llama 3 8b Instruct | $0.0400 | $0.0400 | 8.2K | 48.7Good |
| NVIDIA | Nemotron 3 Nano 30b A3b | $0.0500 | $0.2000 | 262.1K | 65.5Frontier |
| OpenAI | GPT 5 Nano | $0.0500 | $0.4000 | 400K | 49.9Good |
| Mistral | Mistral Small 24b Instruct 2501 | $0.0500 | $0.0800 | 32.8K | 57.8Strong |
| Meta | Llama 3.2 3b Instruct | $0.0510 | $0.3400 | 80K | 38.5Good |
| Gemma 4 26b A4b It | $0.0600 | $0.3300 | 262.1K | 87.1Frontier | |
| xAI | Glm 4.7 Flash | $0.0600 | $0.4000 | 202.8K | 74.6Frontier |
| Gemma 3n E4b It | $0.0600 | $0.1200 | 32.8K | 65.7Frontier | |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 Flash 02 23 | $0.0650 | $0.2600 | 1M | 80.0Frontier |
| Microsoft | Phi 4 | $0.0650 | $0.1400 | 16.4K | 54.6Strong |
| Qwen | Qwen3 235b A22b 2507 | $0.0710 | $0.1000 | 262.1K | 52.2Strong |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 001 | $0.0750 | $0.3000 | 1.0M | 72.0Frontier | |
| Qwen | Qwen3 30b A3b Thinking 2507 | $0.0800 | $0.4000 | 131.1K | 38.2Good |
| Qwen | Qwen3 32b | $0.0800 | $0.2800 | 41.0K | 42.2Good |
| Gemma 3 27b It | $0.0800 | $0.1600 | 131.1K | 74.2Frontier | |
| NVIDIA | Nemotron 3 Super 120b A12b | $0.0900 | $0.4500 | 262.1K | 73.5Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Next 80b A3b Instruct | $0.0900 | $1.10 | 262.1K | 50.7Strong |
| Qwen | Qwen3 30b A3b Instruct 2507 | $0.0900 | $0.3000 | 262.1K | 38.2Good |
| Qwen | Qwen3 30b A3b | $0.0900 | $0.4500 | 41.0K | 38.2Good |
| Qwen | Qwen3 Next 80b A3b Thinking | $0.0975 | $0.7800 | 131.1K | 50.7Strong |
| Stepfun | Step 3.5 Flash | $0.1000 | $0.3000 | 262.1K | 79.2Frontier |
| NVIDIA | Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b V1.5 | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 131.1K | 70.1Frontier |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09 2025 | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 40.8Good | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 40.9Good | |
| OpenAI | GPT 4.1 Nano | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 66.3Frontier |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash 001 | $0.1000 | $0.4000 | 1.0M | 73.2Frontier | |
| Meta | Llama 3.3 70b Instruct | $0.1000 | $0.3200 | 131.1K | 65.7Frontier |
| Mistral | Mistral 7b Instruct V0.1 | $0.1100 | $0.1900 | 2.8K | 35.4Good |
| Gemma 4 31b It | $0.1300 | $0.3800 | 262.1K | 62.4Strong | |
| xAI | Glm 4.5 Air | $0.1300 | $0.8500 | 131.1K | 75.5Frontier |
| Nex-agi | Deepseek V3.1 Nex N1 | $0.1350 | $0.5000 | 131.1K | 83.5Frontier |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek V4 Flash | $0.1400 | $0.2800 | 1.0M | 68.9Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3.5 35b A3b | $0.1400 | $1.00 | 262.1K | 79.8Frontier |
| Qwen | Qwen3 235b A22b Thinking 2507 | $0.1495 | $1.50 | 131.1K | 52.2Strong |
| Mistral | Mistral Small 2603 | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 262.1K | 72.7Frontier |
| Minimax | Minimax M2.5 | $0.1500 | $1.15 | 196.6K | 61.8Strong |
| Arcee-ai | Trinity Large Preview | $0.1500 | $0.4500 | 131K | 75.9Frontier |
| Mistral | Ministral 8b 2512 | $0.1500 | $0.1500 | 262.1K | 51.2Strong |
| Allenai | Olmo 3 32b Think | $0.1500 | $0.5000 | 65.5K | 63.4Strong |
| DeepSeek | Deepseek Chat V3.1 | $0.1500 | $0.7500 | 32.8K | 84.5Frontier |
| OpenAI | GPT 4o Mini Search Preview | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 65.6Frontier |
| Cohere | Command R 08 2024 | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 53.4Strong |
| OpenAI | GPT 4o Mini 2024 07 18 | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 65.6Frontier |
| OpenAI | GPT 4o Mini | $0.1500 | $0.6000 | 128K | 65.6Frontier |
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