modelgrep

Best LLMs for Design & Frontend

Quick answer · Updated June 2026

Claude Opus 4.7 is the best LLM for design and frontend generation, rated 1503 on Design Arena Elo. Claude Fable 5 (1417) and Claude Opus 4.8 (1372) round out the top three.

1503Design Elo
57.3Intelligence
60 t/sSpeed
$5.00Input /M
1MContext

AI models ranked by Design Arena Elo — head-to-head human preference for generating UI, websites, data visualizations and 3D. The best models for frontend and design generation.

  1. 1A
    claude-opus-4.7
    ReasoningToolsJSON+157.3 intel · $5.00/M · 60 t/s
    1503
    Design Elo
  2. 2A
    claude-fable-5
    ReasoningToolsJSON+164.9 intel · $10.00/M · 1M ctx
    1417
    Design Elo
  3. 3A
    claude-opus-4.8
    ReasoningToolsJSON+161.4 intel · $5.00/M · 58 t/s
    1372
    Design Elo
  4. 4Z
    glm-5.1
    ReasoningToolsJSON43.8 intel · $0.980/M · 93 t/s
    1366
    Design Elo
  5. 5M
    kimi-k2.6
    ReasoningToolsJSON+142.9 intel · $0.680/M · 116 t/s
    1362
    Design Elo
  6. 6A
    claude-opus-4.6
    ReasoningToolsJSON+152.9 intel · $5.00/M · 46 t/s
    1358
    Design Elo
  7. 7O
    gpt-5.5
    ReasoningToolsJSON+156.7 intel · $5.00/M · 37 t/s
    1354
    Design Elo
  8. 8D
    deepseek-v4-pro
    ReasoningToolsJSON39.3 intel · $0.435/M · 62 t/s
    1348
    Design Elo
  9. 9G
    gemini-3.1-pro-preview
    ReasoningToolsJSON+241.3 intel · $2.00/M · 100 t/s
    1345
    Design Elo
  10. 10Z
    glm-5-turbo
    ReasoningToolsJSON46.8 intel · $1.20/M · 15 t/s
    1337
    Design Elo
  11. 11X
    mimo-v2.5-pro
    ReasoningToolsJSON53.8 intel · $0.435/M · 32 t/s
    1334
    Design Elo
  12. 12M
    kimi-k2.7-code
    ReasoningToolsJSON+1$0.750/M · 33 t/s · 988ms ttft
    1332
    Design Elo
  13. 13Q
    qwen3.7-max
    ReasoningToolsJSON56.6 intel · $1.25/M · 39 t/s
    1331
    Design Elo
  14. 14M
    minimax-m3
    ReasoningToolsJSON+154.7 intel · $0.300/M · 47 t/s
    1330
    Design Elo
  15. 15G
    gemini-3.5-flash
    ReasoningToolsJSON+243.3 intel · $1.50/M · 164 t/s
    1328
    Design Elo
  16. 16A
    claude-sonnet-4.6
    ReasoningToolsJSON+142.6 intel · $3.00/M · 48 t/s
    1328
    Design Elo
  17. 17X
    mimo-v2.5
    ReasoningToolsJSON+249.0 intel · $0.140/M · 49 t/s
    1317
    Design Elo
  18. 18Z
    glm-5
    ReasoningToolsJSON49.8 intel · $0.600/M · 112 t/s
    1313
    Design Elo
  19. 19G
    gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
    ReasoningJSONVision+1$0.500/M · 143 t/s · 9.8s ttft
    1304
    Design Elo
  20. 20O
    gpt-5.4
    ReasoningToolsJSON+135.4 intel · $2.50/M · 59 t/s
    1303
    Design Elo
  21. 21A
    claude-opus-4.5
    ReasoningToolsJSON+143.1 intel · $5.00/M · 51 t/s
    1297
    Design Elo
  22. 22M
    kimi-k2.5
    ReasoningToolsJSON+137.3 intel · $0.375/M · 117 t/s
    1293
    Design Elo
  23. 23G
    gemini-2.5-pro
    ReasoningToolsJSON+234.6 intel · $1.25/M · 102 t/s
    1290
    Design Elo
  24. 24Q
    qwen3.6-plus
    ReasoningToolsJSON+150.0 intel · $0.325/M · 36 t/s
    1288
    Design Elo
  25. 25M
    minimax-m2.7
    ReasoningToolsJSON49.6 intel · $0.250/M · 334 t/s
    1287
    Design Elo

Frequently asked

What is the best LLM for design?

Claude Opus 4.7 is the best LLM for design and frontend generation, rated 1503 on Design Arena Elo. Claude Fable 5 (1417) and Claude Opus 4.8 (1372) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Claude Opus 4.7?

Claude Fable 5 (1417) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Claude Opus 4.8 (1372). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

By maker

All rankings