creativity benchmark
Creative Writing v3
EQ-Bench Creative Writing v3 is an LLM-judged creative writing benchmark that evaluates models across 32 writing prompts with 3 iterations per prompt. Uses a hybrid scoring system combining rubric assessment and Elo ratings through pairwise comparisons. Challenges models in areas like humor, romance, spatial awareness, and unique perspectives to assess emotional intelligence and creative writing capabilities.
Updated Aug 7, 2026
Published models13
Registry coverage13
MetricScore
EvidenceB
Creative Writing v3 leaderboard
Sorted by the source-provided rank. Higher score is better according to the registry.
| 1 | AC | 87.5% | 100.0% | 13 | C | |
| 2 | AC | 86.5% | 91.7% | 13 | C | |
| 3 | AC | 86.1% | 83.3% | 13 | C | |
| 4 | XA | 86.1% | 75.0% | 13 | C | |
| 5 | AC | 85.7% | 66.7% | 13 | C | |
| 6 | AC | 85.6% | 58.3% | 13 | C | |
| 7 | XA | 85.4% | 50.0% | 13 | C | |
| 8 | AC | 85.3% | 41.7% | 13 | C | |
| 9 | AC | 84.6% | 33.3% | 13 | C | |
| 10 | AC | 83.3% | 25.0% | 13 | C | |
| 11 | AC | 82.5% | 16.7% | 13 | C | |
| 12 | AC | 82.4% | 8.3% | 13 | C | |
| 13 | AC | 76.1% | 0.0% | 13 | C |
Score distribution
Top published rows on the benchmark's original scale.
Creative Writing v3 highlights
The top published results on this benchmark's own scale.
What is Creative Writing v3?
Definition and scoring fields from the benchmark registry.
EQ-Bench Creative Writing v3 is an LLM-judged creative writing benchmark that evaluates models across 32 writing prompts with 3 iterations per prompt. Uses a hybrid scoring system combining rubric assessment and Elo ratings through pairwise comparisons. Challenges models in areas like humor, romance, spatial awareness, and unique perspectives to assess emotional intelligence and creative writing capabilities.
Scores are shown in ratio. The current registry marks this benchmark as not independently verified with evidence level B.
- Family
- Creative Writing v3
- Modality
- text
- Primary category
- creativity
- Score direction
- higher
- LLMBoard eligible
- Yes
- Evaluation key
- creative-writing-v3|llm-stats-current
Source-native results are preserved. Eligibility for the overall LLMBoard score is a separate policy decision.
FAQ
Common questions about Creative Writing v3.
Which model scores highest on Creative Writing v3?
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is currently ranked first with 87.5%.
What does Creative Writing v3 measure?
EQ-Bench Creative Writing v3 is an LLM-judged creative writing benchmark that evaluates models across 32 writing prompts with 3 iterations per prompt. Uses a hybrid scoring system combining rubric assessment and Elo ratings through pairwise comparisons. Challenges models in areas like humor, romance, spatial awareness, and unique perspectives to assess emotional intelligence and creative writing capabilities.
Is a higher score better?
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
How many models are compared?
13 unique published model results are currently shown.
Does this benchmark affect the overall score?
This benchmark is marked as eligible for the current LLMBoard capability methodology.