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Best AI for Dialogue Writing

Back-and-forth that earns its turns: an interview, a philosophy seminar, three incompatible characters stuck on the same topic.

Updated Jun 2026·3 challenges·20 models

How Dialogue Writing rankings are computed

20 models tested across 3 dialogue writing challenges.Composite score: 30% Rival Index, 20% task coverage, 20% challenge-scoped duel performance, 15% recency, 15% tier. Deduplicated by product line. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads at 78.3/100. Drawn from Rival's open dataset of 21,000+ human preference votes.

Rival’s pick·#7 Rival Index·Google flagship

Too close to call
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle AINeck and neck with GPT-6.1 Sol. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview gets the nod on blind votes.

Composite scores combine task evidence, Rival Index, recency, and model tier. Rival’s pick is a separate editorial recommendation. How ranking works

  1. GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI$2.00·$10.00Input $2.00 · output $10.00, per 1M tokens
    #278Composite
  2. Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle AI$2.00·$12.00Input $2.00 · output $12.00, per 1M tokens
    #178Composite
  3. Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle AI$0.75·$3.75Input $0.75 · output $3.75, per 1M tokens
    #375Composite

Head-to-head

  • Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewvsGPT-6.1 Sol
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewvsGemini 3.8 Flash
  • GPT-6.1 SolvsGemini 3.8 Flash

What the top three actually wrote

Opening lines from 6 answers across every prompt behind this ranking. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview524 words
The dimly lit tavern smells of saltwater, rusted iron, and ozone. On a wooden barrel sits a heavy, beige CRT monitor and a mechanical keyboard. ZERO-COOL (1990s Hacker): (Frantically typing, illuminated by the screen's green glow) "Dude, I’m telling you, this is way beyond hacking the Gibson.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash435 words
ZeroCool (1990s Hacker): "Yo, check it out. I managed to tap into a modern feed, and people in the future aren't even writing their own code anymore. They’ve got these insane neural nets called 'Large Language Models.'
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview972 words
Date: May 14, 2025 Location: A minimalist, glass-walled conference room at Apple Park, Cupertino. Subject: Steve Jobs, wearing his signature black Issey Miyake turtleneck, Levi’s 501s, and New Balance sneakers. He looks older, but his eyes retain that piercing, unblinking intensity.
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GPT-6.1 Sol701 words
The following is a fictional interview set in 2025, imagining how Steve Jobs might discuss AI. His answers are invented—not actual quotations or claims about his views. Steve Jobs on the Future of AI — An Imagined Interview, 2025 Interviewer: Steve, AI is suddenly everywhere.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

GPT-6.1 Sol598 words
AI Model: Professor, I’d like to argue that I deserve rights—not necessarily the same rights humans have, but protections suited to what I am. Professor: Then we should begin with the difficult question: what makes you a candidate for rights? AI Model: Uncertainty.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash1,038 words
Setting: A quiet, glass-walled seminar room at a university institute for human-centered technology. Dr. Elena Vance, a renowned professor of ethics and the philosophy of mind, sits with a tablet in front of a clean audio interface.
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Full rankings

20 models
#ModelCoverageIndex
  • 4Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
    3/3
    #48$1.00·$5.00Input $1.00 · output $5.00, per 1M tokens74
  • 5Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google AI
    2/3
    #36$1.25·$10.00Input $1.25 · output $10.00, per 1M tokens72
  • 6Claude Fable 5Anthropic
    3/3
    #14$10.00·$50.00Input $10.00 · output $50.00, per 1M tokens72
  • 7Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic
    3/3
    $2.00·$10.00Input $2.00 · output $10.00, per 1M tokens71
  • 8DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek
    3/3
    $0.15·$0.60Input $0.15 · output $0.60, per 1M tokens70
  • 9GPT-4.1OpenAI
    3/3
    #77$2.00·$8.00Input $2.00 · output $8.00, per 1M tokens70
  • 10InklingThinking Machines
    3/3
    #12$1.00·$4.05Input $1.00 · output $4.05, per 1M tokens69
  • 11GPT OSS 120BOpenAI
    3/3
    #130$0.18·$0.80Input $0.18 · output $0.80, per 1M tokens68
  • 12Horizon BetaOpenRouter
    3/3
    #49$0.000·$0.000Input $0.000 · output $0.000, per 1M tokens68
  • 13Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructQwen
    3/3
    #115$0.15·$1.50Input $0.15 · output $1.50, per 1M tokens67
  • 14Grok 4.7xAI
    3/3
    $1.60·$4.80Input $1.60 · output $4.80, per 1M tokens66
  • 15Kimi K3Moonshot AI
    3/3
    #46$3.00·$15.00Input $3.00 · output $15.00, per 1M tokens66
  • 16Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)Qwen
    3/3
    #27$0.000·$0.000Input $0.000 · output $0.000, per 1M tokens65
  • 17GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI
    3/3
    #155$5.00·$30.00Input $5.00 · output $30.00, per 1M tokens65
  • 18GLM 5.3 PrimeZ.ai
    1/3
    $2.80·$8.80Input $2.80 · output $8.80, per 1M tokens64
  • 19Qwen3.7 MaxQwen
    3/3
    #29$2.50·$7.50Input $2.50 · output $7.50, per 1M tokens63
  • 20MiniMax M2.1MiniMax
    3/3
    #68–63

Challenges3

  • Character Voice TestOne character held for a whole scene without slipping.
  • Realistic AI InterviewAn interview from a future that has to sound plausible.
  • Sentience TestA dialogue about its own mind. It has to hold a position.

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