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 11, 2026
Models13
Model coverage13
MetricScore
EvidenceB
Creative Writing v3 Ranking
Higher score ranks better on this benchmark.
| 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 |
Creative Writing v3 Score Distribution
A closer view of the leading scores on this benchmark.
Creative Writing v3 Highlights
The leading models and scores on this benchmark.
What is Creative Writing v3?
What Creative Writing v3 measures and how its scores work.
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. This benchmark is not independently verified and has an evidence level of B.
- Family
- Creative Writing v3
- Modality
- text
- Primary category
- creativity
- Score direction
- higher
- LLMBoard eligible
- Yes
- Evaluation key
- creative-writing-v3|llm-stats-current
Benchmark scores retain their original unit. Overall score eligibility is shown separately.
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 model results are currently shown.
Does this benchmark affect the overall score?
Yes. This benchmark can contribute to the current LLMBoard capability score.