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People's votes on creative writing

People compared two anonymous pieces of creative writing.

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How to read it

A rating from thousands of head-to-head votes. Higher means people preferred its answers more often. The thin line is the likely range.

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4 tasks on this site.

How the models did

Rating from blind votes · Higher is better

Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Fable 5.1 are neck and neck at the top, followed by Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.1 Pro.

Claude Opus 5.5 · Anthropic1st

Claude Fable 5.1 · Anthropic2nd

Gemini 3.8 Flash · Google DeepMind3rd

Gemini 3.1 Pro · Google DeepMind4th

Gemini 3.6 Flash · Google DeepMind5th

Kimi K3 · Moonshot AI6th

GPT-5.6 Sol · OpenAI7th

DeepSeek V4 Pro · DeepSeek8th

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · DeepSeek9th

GPT-6 Astra · OpenAI10th

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · Google DeepMind11th

Claude Sonnet 5 · Anthropic12th

GPT-5.6 Luna · OpenAI13th

Claude Haiku 4.5 · Anthropic14th

GPT-6 Luna · OpenAINot tested yet

GPT-6 Sol · OpenAINot tested yet

Source: LMArena · votes as of 25 Sept 2026

Where we use it

Each task page labels this test by how closely it matches the task.

Task	How close
Best AI for writing	Tests this task
Best AI for scripts and content creation	Tests a related skill
Best AI for writing a book	Tests this task
Best AI for creative writing	Tests this task