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Best AI for Frontend Development

Single-file HTML, CSS and JavaScript: a Linear clone, a dark-mode dashboard, a landing page for a music app nobody has built.

Updated Jun 2026·8 challenges·20 models

How Frontend Development rankings are computed

20 models tested across 8 frontend development challenges.Composite score: 30% Rival Index, 20% task coverage, 20% challenge-scoped duel performance, 15% recency, 15% tier. Deduplicated by product line. GPT-6 Astra leads at 94.1/100. Drawn from Rival's open dataset of 21,000+ human preference votes.

Rival's Pick·#4 Rival Index·Openai flagship

Slight edge
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astraopenai

GPT-6 Astra edges out the field for Frontend Development. Claude Opus 5 is close but lacks the community consensus.

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

Claude Opus 5
Claude Opus 5
anthropic
$5.00·$25.00
85Composite
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra
openai
$10.00·$50.00
94Composite
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5
anthropic
$10.00·$50.00
84Composite

Head-to-Head

GPT-6 Astra logo
GPT-6 Astra
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Claude Opus 5
Claude Opus 5 logo
GPT-6 Astra logo
GPT-6 Astra
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Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 logo
Claude Opus 5 logo
Claude Opus 5
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Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 logo

Full Rankings

20 models
#
Model
Coverage
Index
Price
Composite
4
Inkling logo
Inklingthinkingmachines
8/8
#65
$1.00·$4.05
81
5
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview logo
Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle
8/8
#7
$2.00·$12.00
80
6
GLM 5.2 logo
GLM 5.2zhipu
8/8
#133
$1.40·$4.40
78
7
Qwen3.7 Max logo
Qwen3.7 Maxqwen
8/8
#18
$2.50·$7.50
76
8
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 logo
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813deepseek
8/8
#185
$0.66·$1.98
76
9
Gemini 3.8 Flash logo
Gemini 3.8 Flashgoogle
8/8
$0.75·$3.75
75
10
GPT-5.6 Sol logo
GPT-5.6 Solopenai
8/8
#155
$5.00·$30.00
75
Challenges8
Linear App Clone
Recreate Linear from memory. The spacing is where it falls apart.
Dark Mode Dashboard
A dashboard someone would leave open all day. No ceiling on polish.
Minimalist Landing Page
Restraint on purpose. Most models cannot stop adding sections.
Music App Landing Page
A landing page for a music app. Hero, proof, one button.
Framer-Style Animation
Motion with taste. There is no ceiling on this one.
Random Tailwind Webapp
No brief. The model picks the app, then has to make it work.
Animated Business Card
A business card that moves. Micro-interactions or nothing.
Retro macOS UI
Classic Mac OS rebuilt in a browser, window chrome included.
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