Best LLM for data visualization (2026)
Which model writes the best charts and dashboards?
Rebuilt from live model data · August 3, 2026
How we ranked
Ranked by Design Arena position in the "dataviz" category — head-to-head win rates across scored models, reported through the OpenRouter model API.
Top 3 for data visualization
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Claude Opus 5
Win rate: 68.6% $5.00 in / $25.00 out per 1M 1M context 5 providersClaude Opus 5 is Anthropic’s flagship model for demanding reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agentic work. It is particularly strong at end-to-end software tasks, code review and bug finding, visual analysis...
Vision Tool calling Reasoning Released Jul 24, 2026 - 2
Kimi K3
Win rate: 66.8% $3.00 in / $15.00 out per 1M 1.0M context 6 providersKimi K3 is a 2.8T parameter open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Moonshot AI. It is suited for complex coding, knowledge work, and long-horizon agentic workflows, and is particularly strong at...
Open weights Vision Tool calling Reasoning Released Jul 16, 2026 - 3
GLM 5.1
Win rate: 67% $0.952 in / $2.99 out per 1M 205K context 19 providersGLM-5.1 delivers a major leap in coding capability, with particularly significant gains in handling long-horizon tasks. Unlike previous models built around minute-level interactions, GLM-5.1 can work independently and continuously on...
Open weights Tool calling Reasoning Released Apr 7, 2026
Full ranking
| # | Model | Win rate | Output / 1M | Context | Providers | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 5 | 68.6% | $25.00 | 1M | 5 | Closed |
| 2 | Kimi K3 | 66.8% | $15.00 | 1.0M | 6 | Open |
| 3 | GLM 5.1 | 67% | $2.99 | 205K | 19 | Open |
| 4 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 63.9% | $7.50 | 1.0M | 2 | Closed |
| 5 | Claude Fable 5 | 64.6% | $50.00 | 1M | 4 | Closed |
| 6 | Qwen3.7 Max | 60.5% | $4.42 | 1M | 1 | Closed |
| 7 | Muse Spark 1.1 | 57.9% | $4.25 | 1.0M | 1 | Closed |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 61.2% | $25.00 | 1M | 4 | Closed |
| 9 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 60.8% | $15.00 | 1M | 4 | Closed |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 60.5% | $25.00 | 1M | 4 | Closed |
| 11 | GLM 5.2 | 56.7% | $2.33 | 1.0M | 29 | Open |
| 12 | Grok 4.5 | 55.4% | $6.00 | 500K | 1 | Closed |
FAQ
Which model writes the best charts and dashboards?
Claude Opus 5 leads for data visualization with win rate 68.6%, at $25.00 per 1M output tokens. Kimi K3 (66.8%) and GLM 5.1 (67%) follow. Ranked by Design Arena position in the "dataviz" category — head-to-head win rates across scored models, reported through the OpenRouter model API.
How is this ranking produced?
Ranked by Design Arena position in the "dataviz" category — head-to-head win rates across scored models, reported through the OpenRouter model API. The list rebuilds from the live model catalogue on every deploy, so a model that launches or changes price appears here without an editor rewriting the page. Last rebuild: August 3, 2026.
What does the top pick cost to run?
Claude Opus 5 costs about $12.50 for a workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens, based on the cheapest of 5 provider(s).