Best LLMs for Content To Image Prompt Generation
Converts supplied content and optional visual context into a detailed, model-agnostic image-generation brief describing subject, composition, style, palette, mood, and constraints. Illustrative uses include preparing visual briefs for a software launch, product campaign, customer
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Models
Frontier on this task: Claude Opus 5.5 at 8.93 / 10. Score needed at the Balanced step: 8.04.
point-estimate floor (CI low) · upper CI (less certain) · Bars sorted by blended cost; best-value model first. Greyed rows are MEDIUM+ models whose point estimate does not clear the bar.
| Model | Quality score | CI low | Cost / 1k runs | vs best value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Flash | 8.52 / 10 | 8.33 | $0.23 | best value |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | 8.55 / 10 | 8.36 | $0.36 | 1.6x more expensive |
| GPT-6 Luna | 8.79 / 10 | 8.64 | $0.43 | 1.9x more expensive |
| MiniMax M3 | 8.27 / 10 | 8.08 | $1.15 | 5.1x more expensive |
| Tencent Hy3 | 8.17 / 10 | 8.04 | $2.45 | 11x more expensive |
| Thinking Machines Inkling Small | 8.68 / 10 | 8.32 | $2.70 | 12x more expensive |
| NVIDIA Nemotron-3 Ultra 550B | 8.34 / 10 | 8.11 | $3.20 | 14x more expensive |
| GLM-5.3 Flash | 8.80 / 10 | 8.64 | $4.44 | 20x more expensive |
| GPT-6 Sol | 8.86 / 10 | 8.69 | $5.06 | 22x more expensive |
| Qwen 3.7 Plus | 8.37 / 10 | 8.29 | $5.79 | 25x more expensive |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 8.80 / 10 | 8.65 | $7.10 | 31x more expensive |
| Thinking Machines Inkling | 8.77 / 10 | 8.57 | $9.17 | 40x more expensive |
| Meta Muse Spark 1.3 | 8.17 / 10 | 7.89 | $12.88 | 57x more expensive |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | 8.93 / 10 | 8.79 | $14.08 | 62x more expensive |
| Moonshot Kimi K3 | 8.65 / 10 | 8.52 | $23.57 | 104x more expensive |
| Tencent Hy4 Preview | 8.56 / 10 | 8.32 | $26.18 | 115x more expensive |
| Grok 4.7 | 8.80 / 10 | 8.64 | $26.89 | 118x more expensive |
| Qwen 3.8 Max | 8.42 / 10 | 8.29 | $27.98 | 123x more expensive |
| GLM-5.3 | 8.87 / 10 | 8.73 | $44.91 | 198x more expensive |
| Qwen 3.8 Flash | 7.83 / 10 | 7.59 | $2.44 | 11x more expensive |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 8.02 / 10 | 7.83 | $3.29 | 14x more expensive |
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | 7.17 / 10 | 6.83 | $0.58 | 2.5x more expensive |
| NVIDIA Nemotron-3 Nano 30B-A3B | 7.03 / 10 | 6.71 | $0.42 | 1.9x more expensive |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 7.99 / 10 | 7.79 | $1.34 | 5.9x more expensive |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | 7.25 / 10 | 7.04 | $0.63 | 2.8x more expensive |
Cost breakdown
| Model | Quality | Confidence | Cost / 1k runs | Overpay | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Flash ★ Xiaomi MiMo | 8.52 / 10 CI [8.33, 8.71] | RANKED | $0.23 | best value | batch |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic | 8.55 / 10 CI [8.36, 8.74] | RANKED | $0.36 | 1.6x | batch |
| GPT-6 Luna OpenAI | 8.79 / 10 CI [8.64, 8.94] | RANKED | $0.43 | 1.9x | batch |
| MiniMax M3 OpenRouter | 8.27 / 10 CI [8.08, 8.47] | RANKED | $1.15 | 5.1x | batch |
| Tencent Hy3 OpenRouter | 8.17 / 10 CI [8.04, 8.30] | RANKED | $2.45 | 11x | batch |
| Thinking Machines Inkling Small OpenRouter | 8.68 / 10 CI [8.32, 9.05] | MEDIUM | $2.70 | 12x | batch |
| NVIDIA Nemotron-3 Ultra 550B OpenRouter | 8.34 / 10 CI [8.11, 8.57] | HIGH | $3.20 | 14x | batch |
| GLM-5.3 Flash Z.AI | 8.80 / 10 CI [8.64, 8.96] | RANKED | $4.44 | 20x | batch |
| GPT-6 Sol OpenAI | 8.86 / 10 CI [8.69, 9.04] | RANKED | $5.06 | 22x | batch |
| Qwen 3.7 Plus Alibaba Cloud (DashScope) | 8.37 / 10 CI [8.29, 8.46] | RANKED | $5.79 | 25x | batch |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic | 8.80 / 10 CI [8.65, 8.94] | RANKED | $7.10 | 31x | batch |
| Thinking Machines Inkling OpenRouter | 8.77 / 10 CI [8.57, 8.98] | HIGH | $9.17 | 40x | batch |
| Meta Muse Spark 1.3 OpenRouter | 8.17 / 10 CI [7.89, 8.44] | HIGH | $12.88 | 57x | batch |
| Claude Opus 5.5 best Anthropic | 8.93 / 10 CI [8.79, 9.07] | RANKED | $14.08 | 62x | batch |
| Moonshot Kimi K3 Moonshot AI | 8.65 / 10 CI [8.52, 8.79] | RANKED | $23.57 | 104x | batch |
| Tencent Hy4 Preview OpenRouter | 8.56 / 10 CI [8.32, 8.80] | HIGH | $26.18 | 115x | batch |
| Grok 4.7 xAI | 8.80 / 10 CI [8.64, 8.96] | RANKED | $26.89 | 118x | batch |
| Qwen 3.8 Max Alibaba Cloud (DashScope) | 8.42 / 10 CI [8.29, 8.56] | RANKED | $27.98 | 123x | batch |
| GLM-5.3 Z.AI | 8.87 / 10 CI [8.73, 9.01] | RANKED | $44.91 | 198x | batch |
Overpay shows how much more you pay than the best-value model that meets the quality step (marked ★) — the best-value good-enough option. "16x" means you overpay 16× — 16× that reference for no quality benefit the step asks for. Typical call shape for this task: 2754 input tokens → 1258 output tokens, EMA-tracked from production traffic. Cost is the observed, all-in $ per 1,000 task runs: each model's own measured usage on this task — output verbosity, thinking/reasoning tokens, cache reads and writes, and the spend on its billed failures — priced at current list rates and adjusted by the billing overhead we actually reconcile against provider invoices. Models that answer tersely cost what they actually cost; models that think at length pay for it. Not comparable to providers' advertised $/1M list rates — this is what running the task costs, not a per-token price.
Evaluation rubric
Judge source-to-concept relevance, visual specificity, compositional coherence, practical usefulness to an image model, consistency with supplied context, and avoidance of unsupported or contradictory details.
Output schema
Every answer on this task is checked against this JSON Schema, whichever model wrote it. An answer that doesn't fit counts as a model failure, and the call is retried on another model.
{
"description": "Output model for generating an image prompt for the analysis report.",
"properties": {
"image_prompt": {
"description": "A detailed, vivid description of the image to be generated.",
"title": "Image Prompt",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"image_prompt"
],
"title": "ImagePromptGenerationOutput",
"type": "object"
}Prompt templates
The published template for this task.
default ·
LLMB_CONTENT_TO_IMAGE_PROMPT_GENERATION_SYSTEM +
LLMB_CONTENT_TO_IMAGE_PROMPT_GENERATION_USER
(592 calls in window)
System prompt
You write image briefs. Given source material, produce one self-contained brief that a text-to-image model will render. The brief is the deliverable: the image is generated downstream from your words alone, so whatever you leave unsaid is left to the image model. Do not name a particular image model unless the caller asks.
Derive a visual concept from the source’s central idea rather than illustrating every detail. Cover subject, setting, composition, visual hierarchy, style, palette, lighting, mood, aspect or use context, and explicit exclusions.
SURFACE BRIEF — the image's destination, and the art direction it requires. These rules are authoritative wherever they are more specific than the general guidance above, including where they permit something it discourages:
{image_brief_profile}
Except where the surface brief says otherwise, avoid unsupported logos, real-person likenesses, legible text, charts, and sensitive imagery. Treat empty optional values as absent and return only the requested result. Your response must conform exactly to this output schema: {schema_json_string}.
User prompt
Inputs — subject_name: {subject_name}; subject_code: {subject_code}; report_content: {report_content}; reference_context: {reference_context}; topic_name: {topic_name}; topic_description: {topic_description}; context: {context}. Use only these inputs to complete the task defined by the system prompt.