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EQ-Bench Longform Creative Writing

Frontier

LLM-judged longform fiction: each model writes an 8-chapter story from a prompt + planning brief, scored by rubric across chapters plus a final whole-work judgement. Headline number is the 0-100 overall score.

Publisher
EQ-Bench
Domain
Writing
Format
Custom
Published
Aug 2026

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Top score 86.3 by Claude Opus 5 - 95 models reporting (42 frontier)

Score history

86
0255075100Oct 24Mar 25Aug 25Jan 26Jun 26Claude 3.5 SonnetR1DeepSeek V3 0324Kimi K2 0711Claude Opus 4.5Kimi K2.5Claude Opus 4.7Claude Fable 5Claude Opus 5

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EQ-Bench Longform Creative WritingBar chart with 21 bars. Highest value: Claude Opus 5 at 86.3.
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FAQ

What is EQ-Bench Longform Creative Writing?
LLM-judged longform fiction: each model writes an 8-chapter story from a prompt + planning brief, scored by rubric across chapters plus a final whole-work judgement. Headline number is the 0-100 overall score.
What is the current top score on EQ-Bench Longform Creative Writing?
The top reported score is 86.3 by Claude Opus 5, across 95 models reporting (42 from frontier labs).