Best LLMs for Design & Frontend

Match · Updated July 2026

Kimi K3 is the best LLM for design and frontend generation, rated 1456 on Design Arena Elo. Claude Opus 5 (1385) and Claude Fable 5 (1372) round out the top three.

1456Design Elo

57.1Intelligence

$3.00Input /M

1.0MContext

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

1
kimi-k3
ReasoningToolsJSON+157.1 intel · $3.00/M · 1.0M ctx
1456
Design Elo
2
claude-opus-5
ReasoningToolsJSON+160.7 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx
1385
Design Elo
3
claude-fable-5
ReasoningToolsJSON+159.9 intel · $10.00/M · 1M ctx
1372
Design Elo
4
claude-fable-5:batch
ReasoningToolsJSON+159.9 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx
1372
Design Elo
5
gpt-5.6-sol
ReasoningToolsJSON+158.9 intel · $5.00/M · 1.1M ctx
1366
Design Elo
6
glm-5.2
ReasoningToolsJSON51.1 intel · $0.966/M · 1.0M ctx
1366
Design Elo
7
gemini-3.6-flash
ReasoningToolsJSON+250.1 intel · $1.50/M · 1.0M ctx
1348
Design Elo
8
gemini-3.6-flash:batch
ReasoningToolsJSON+250.1 intel · $0.750/M · 1.0M ctx
1348
Design Elo
9
gemini-3.1-pro-preview
ReasoningToolsJSON+246.5 intel · $2.00/M · 1.0M ctx
1335
Design Elo
10
gemini-3.1-pro-preview:batch
ReasoningToolsJSON+246.5 intel · $1.00/M · 1.0M ctx
1335
Design Elo
11
claude-opus-4.6
ReasoningToolsJSON+137.8 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx
1333
Design Elo
12
claude-opus-4.6:batch
ReasoningToolsJSON+137.8 intel · $2.50/M · 1M ctx
1333
Design Elo
13
kimi-k2.6
ReasoningToolsJSON+144.2 intel · $0.950/M · 262K ctx
1332
Design Elo
14
qwen3.7-max
ReasoningToolsJSON46.0 intel · $1.48/M · 1M ctx
1323
Design Elo
15
claude-opus-4.7
ReasoningToolsJSON+153.5 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx
1320
Design Elo
16
claude-opus-4.7:batch
ReasoningToolsJSON+153.5 intel · $2.50/M · 1M ctx
1320
Design Elo
17
deepseek-v4-pro
ReasoningToolsJSON44.3 intel · $0.435/M · 1.0M ctx
1318
Design Elo
18
claude-sonnet-5
ReasoningToolsJSON+153.4 intel · $2.00/M · 1M ctx
1312
Design Elo
19
claude-sonnet-5:batch
ReasoningToolsJSON+153.4 intel · $1.00/M · 1M ctx
1312
Design Elo
20
claude-sonnet-4.6
ReasoningToolsJSON+135.9 intel · $3.00/M · 1M ctx
1310
Design Elo
21N
nex-n2-pro
ReasoningToolsVision41.0 intel · $0.250/M · 262K ctx
1309
Design Elo
22
glm-5-turbo
ReasoningToolsJSON38.1 intel · $1.20/M · 203K ctx
1309
Design Elo
23
mimo-v2.5-pro
ReasoningToolsJSON42.2 intel · $0.435/M · 1.1M ctx
1308
Design Elo
24
kimi-k2.7-code
ReasoningToolsJSON+141.9 intel · $0.730/M · 262K ctx
1302
Design Elo
25
qwen3.7-plus
ReasoningToolsJSON+139.0 intel · $0.320/M · 1M ctx
1300
Design Elo

Frequently asked

What is the best LLM for design?

Kimi K3 is the best LLM for design and frontend generation, rated 1456 on Design Arena Elo. Claude Opus 5 (1385) and Claude Fable 5 (1372) round out the top three.

Which AI model is best for UI design?

Kimi K3 is the best AI model for design and frontend generation, rated 1456 on Design Arena Elo. Claude Opus 5 (1385) and Claude Fable 5 (1372) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Kimi K3?

Claude Opus 5 (1385) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Claude Fable 5 (1372). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

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