Best AI model for data visualisation

In data visualisation, work within 60 Elo of the best model is available for 4× less: Muse Spark 1.3 at $1.98 per thousand tasks against $8.86 for Claude Opus 5.5.

108 models rated head to head in this category, not scored by a general benchmark and assumed to transfer. Turning a dataset and a question into a readable chart or dashboard, judged on whether the result communicates rather than merely renders.

Highest ratedClaude Opus 5.51401 Elo · $8.86 / 1k tasks
Best valueMuse Spark 1.31346 Elo · $1.98 / 1k tasks

Nothing cheaper is as good

7 models are undominated here: for each, no cheaper model scores within 18 Elo. Everything else in the table below is beaten on both counts at once.

  1. 1gpt-oss-20b935 Elo$0.066 / 1k131K contextfp4 on some hosts
  2. 2GPT-5 Nano1059 Elo$0.148 / 1k400K context
  3. 3Solar Pro 41182 Elo$0.164 / 1k524K context
  4. 4MiMo-V2.51253 Elo$0.183 / 1k1.05M context
  5. 5MiMo-V2.6-Pro1340 Elo$0.472 / 1k1.05M context
  6. 6GLM 5.11366 Elo$2.11 / 1k203K context
  7. 7Claude Opus 5.51401 Elo$8.86 / 1k1.00M context

Every model rated on data visualisation

Elo measured in this category specifically. A model strong overall can sit well down this table, which is the whole reason for ranking by task.

#ModelElo$/1kContextHosts
1Claude Opus 5.51401$8.861.00M11
2Claude Sonnet 5.51380$4.031.00M8
3GLM 5.11366$2.11203K13
4Kimi K31352$6.241.05M25
5Claude Fable 5.11348$19.981.00M4
6Muse Spark 1.31346$1.981.05M1
7Muse Spark 1.21342$1.981.05M1
8MiMo-V2.6-Pro1340$0.4721.05M4
9GPT-6.1 Sol1338$4.431.05M8
10Claude Opus 51334$11.251.00M11
11Gemini 3.7 Flash1321$1.541.05M6
12Claude Fable 51308$20.521.00M6
13Gemini 3.6 Flash1293$1.541.05M7
14GLM 5.21289$2.001.05M34
15Grok 4.61286$3.40500K6
16Mistral Large 41285$1.001.05M3
17Claude Opus 4.61283$10.261.00M6
18Claude Sonnet 4.61281$6.161.00M9
19Qwen3.7 Plus1280$0.5841.00M2
20Qwen3.7 Max1279$2.611.00M2
21Muse Spark 1.11274$1.981.05M1
22Grok 4.51270$4.36500K4
23GLM 5.31269$1.931.05M41
24Gemini 3.8 Flash1267$1.541.05M6
25GPT-5.51267$12.901.05M7
26GLM 5 Turbo1267$1.95203K1
27GLM 5.3 Flash1264$0.2301.05M32
28MiMo-V2.5-Pro1261$0.4971.05M6
29MiMo-V2.51253$0.1831.05M5
30Kimi K2.61253$1.52262K17
31Claude Sonnet 51252$4.301.00M10
32Claude Opus 4.51246$10.26200K6
33Grok 4.71244$3.40500K5
34Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview1242$4.701.05M6
35Claude Opus 4.81241$11.251.00M11
36GPT-5.41238$6.451.05M7
37MiniMax M31237$0.5471.05M13
38Gemini 3.5 Flash1237$3.531.05M7
39MiniMax M2.71237$0.534197K6
40Qwen3.6 Plus1232$0.9751.00M1
41GLM 51232$1.42203K8
42Kimi K2.7 Code1229$1.75262K12
43GPT-51225$3.69400K3
44Gemini 2.5 Pro1225$3.691.05M7
45Kimi K2.51222$1.22262K5
46Grok 4.201221$2.172.00M4
47GPT-5.1-Codex1217$3.69400K1
48MiniMax M2.11210$0.706205K2
49GPT-5.11208$3.69400K5
50DeepSeek V4 Pro 04231206$1.681.05M15
51GPT-5.21204$5.17400K4
52GLM 5V Turbo1203$1.95203K1
53o31200$3.72200K1
54GLM 4.71199$0.980203K6
55GLM 4.5 Air1190$0.343131K3
56R1 05281185$1.18164K4
57DeepSeek V4 Flash 07311184$0.2331.05M27
58Grok 4.31183$2.171.00M4
59Solar Pro 41182$0.164524K2
60Qwen3.5 397B A17B1178$1.49262K10
61MiniMax M2.51175$0.523197K9
62Step 3.7 Flash1174$0.470262K2
63DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus1171$0.672164K2
64Claude Sonnet 4.51170$6.161.00M7
65Claude Opus 4.11169$30.78200K1
66GPT-5.3-Codex1167$5.17400K3
67GLM 4.61164$0.954203K4
68DeepSeek V3.21162$0.504164K12
69GLM 4.51162$1.03131K1
70Inkling1161$1.81524K2
71Claude Sonnet 41161$6.16200K2
72DeepSeek V3.2 Exp1155$0.447164K1
73Mistral Medium 3.11147$0.821131K3
74MiniMax M21144$0.666205K2
75Nemotron 3 Ultra1142$1.09203K4
76Mistral Large 3 25121140$0.760262K2
77Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-151139$0.7801.00M1
78Gemini 2.5 Flash1137$0.9161.05M7
79GPT-5 Mini1133$0.738400K4
80DeepSeek V4 Flash 04231130$0.1701.05M16
81Hy31128$0.265262K5
82Claude Haiku 4.51128$2.15200K8
83GLM 4.7 Flash1126$0.193128K3
84GPT-4.11106$3.721.05M3
85Trinity Large Thinking1101$0.403262K1
86GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini1100$0.742400K1
87DeepSeek V3.11099$0.808164K5
88DeepSeek V31092$0.634128K2
89Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct1086$0.264262K2
90Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B1086$0.666262K3
91Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 25071073$0.405262K7
92GPT-5 Nano1059$0.148400K4
93Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview1048$0.5881.05M3
94Mistral Medium 31037$0.821131K3
95GPT-4.1 Mini1036$0.7441.05M3
96Codestral 25081021$0.456256K2
97Kimi K2 07111020$1.37131K1
98Mercury 21015$0.363128K1
99o4 Mini994$2.05200K1
100gpt-oss-120b990$0.285131K24
101Qwen3 30B A3B969$0.29441K1
102Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507952$1.59128K1
103gpt-oss-20b935$0.066131K11
104Mistral Small 3.2 24B931$0.193128K4
105Llama 4 Scout898$0.393328K3
106GPT-4.1 Nano894$0.1861.05M3
107Llama 4 Maverick884$0.462524K4
108GPT-4o859$5.10128K2

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Elo comes from head-to-head build-offs via OpenRouter, compiled 12 October 2026 and refreshed daily. Cost is the median across every host serving each model, priced on 1,200 input and 300 output tokens with 60% cached. See the findings for method, or download the data.