Best LLMs for UI Components
The best LLM for building UI components is Kimi K3, rated 1397 on Design Arena's component board — buttons, forms, modals and cards judged by blind human preference. Claude Opus 5 (1387) and GPT-5.6 Sol (1365) round out the top three.
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kimi-k3ReasoningToolsJSON+157.1 intel · $3.00/M · 64 t/s1397Elo - 2
claude-opus-5ReasoningToolsJSON+160.7 intel · $5.00/M · 79 t/s1387Elo - 3
gpt-5.6-solReasoningToolsJSON+158.9 intel · $5.00/M · 51 t/s1365Elo - 4claude-fable-5ReasoningToolsJSON+159.9 intel · $10.00/M · 64 t/s1356Elo
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gemini-3.6-flashReasoningToolsJSON+250.1 intel · $1.50/M · 135 t/s1343Elo - 6
glm-5.2ReasoningToolsJSON51.1 intel · $0.760/M · 143 t/s1338Elo - 7claude-opus-4.7ReasoningToolsJSON+153.5 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx1337Elo
- 8claude-opus-4.6ReasoningToolsJSON+137.8 intel · $5.00/M · 1M ctx1323Elo
- 9claude-sonnet-5ReasoningToolsJSON+153.4 intel · $2.00/M · 80 t/s1312Elo
- 10gemini-3.5-flashReasoningToolsJSON+250.2 intel · $1.50/M · 275 t/s1310Elo
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qwen3.7-maxReasoningToolsJSON46.0 intel · $1.48/M · 45 t/s1309Elo - 12claude-sonnet-4.6ReasoningToolsJSON+135.9 intel · $3.00/M · 1M ctx1309Elo
- 13kimi-k2.6ReasoningToolsJSON+144.2 intel · $0.589/M · 262K ctx1300Elo
- 14glm-5-turboReasoningToolsJSON38.1 intel · $1.20/M · 203K ctx1299Elo
- 15kimi-k2.7-codeReasoningToolsJSON+141.9 intel · $0.730/M · 154 t/s1294Elo
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mimo-v2.5ReasoningToolsJSON+237.2 intel · $0.140/M · 83 t/s1294Elo - 17gpt-5.5ReasoningToolsJSON+154.8 intel · $5.00/M · 1.1M ctx1293Elo
- 18mimo-v2.5-proReasoningToolsJSON42.2 intel · $0.435/M · 65 t/s1292Elo
- 19gpt-5.6-terraReasoningToolsJSON+155.0 intel · $1.00/M · 83 t/s1291Elo
- 20qwen3.7-plusReasoningToolsJSON+139.0 intel · $0.320/M · 13 t/s1284Elo
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minimax-m3ReasoningToolsJSON+144.4 intel · $0.300/M · 113 t/s1283Elo - 22claude-opus-4.8ReasoningToolsJSON+155.7 intel · $5.00/M · 77 t/s1280Elo
- 23gpt-5.6-lunaReasoningToolsJSON+151.2 intel · $0.100/M · 111 t/s1278Elo
- 24claude-opus-4.5ReasoningToolsJSON+134.7 intel · $5.00/M · 43 t/s1275Elo
- 25qwen3.6-plusReasoningToolsJSON+139.6 intel · $0.325/M · 55 t/s1272Elo
How this is ranked
AI models ranked by Design Arena Elo in the UI-component category — generating individual interface components (buttons, forms, modals, cards) rather than whole pages, judged head-to-head by humans. Component work is where most frontend time actually goes, and it rewards different things than page generation: consistent spacing, sane state handling and styling that matches the surrounding system.
Frequently asked
What is the best LLM for UI components?
The best LLM for building UI components is Kimi K3, rated 1397 on Design Arena's component board — buttons, forms, modals and cards judged by blind human preference. Claude Opus 5 (1387) and GPT-5.6 Sol (1365) round out the top three.
Which AI is best at building React components?
The best AI model for building UI components is Kimi K3, rated 1397 on Design Arena's component board — buttons, forms, modals and cards judged by blind human preference. Claude Opus 5 (1387) and GPT-5.6 Sol (1365) round out the top three.
What's a good alternative to Kimi K3?
Claude Opus 5 (1387) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by GPT-5.6 Sol (1365). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.