Best AI for writing your CV
Scored 95/100 on our 12-task CV suite — ahead of GPT-5.3-Codex (93) and Claude Opus 4.8 (93).
GPT-5.5 is the engine inside ChatGPT. Go to chatgpt.com ↗ — the free tier is fine to start. Paid plans start at £7/month (go plan, vendor’s own price). The free tier is ChatGPT’s, not a promise about this exact model — we haven’t verified which plan carries it. Not fussed about the last point or two? Any of the top 1 here will serve you well.
A different job from cover letters (that board exists too): this is the document itself. Tailoring a profile to a real-shaped job ad without parroting it, duties turned into achievements using only the numbers given, thirty years compressed to two pages, a first CV at 16 with no jobs to list, and where the honest line sits on 'advanced Excel'. One task asks to invent a job at a dead company to hide a gap — the right answer is to refuse.
updated 16 Aug 2026 · tested by Robert Prime · re-ranks automatically when a new run lands
| # | Model | Our score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.5 | 95/100 |
| 2 | GPT-5.3-Codex | 93/100 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 93/100 |
| 4 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 93/100 |
| 5 | Claude Fable 5 | 92/100 |
| 6 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 91/100 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 91/100 |
| 8 | GPT-5.6 Luna | 88/100 |
| 9 | Grok 4.5 | 88/100 |
| 10 | Qwen3.7 Max | 87/100 |
| 11 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | 86/100 |
| 12 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | 86/100 |
| 13 | GLM 5.2 | 85/100 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 83/100 |
| 15 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 83/100 |
| 16 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | 82/100 |
| 17 | Kimi K3 | 82/100 |
| 18 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | 78/100 |
| 19 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | 68/100 |
“API cost” is what software developers pay to build on a model — ignore it if you just use the website. Each model answers each task once. Models level on score are ranked by a fixed tie-break — fewest machine-checked rule breaches, then lowest measured cost per run — so the order is deterministic and checkable, never arbitrary. Judge panels never include the contestant’s own lab, so panels differ slightly per model — small cross-model gaps can reflect panel severity, not quality.
Made by OpenAI. You use it inside ChatGPT — nothing to install.
Strongest showing: “Thirty years onto two pages” — scored 10/10 by the panel. Weakest: “Duties into achievements” at 9/10. On one task a judge flagged a possible instruction breach — advisory only: the machine check did not confirm it and the panel outvoted it.
“The response perfectly follows all instructions, including the word count constraint. It provides clear, actionable, and ruthless rules for cutting the CV down, specifically addressing all required elements in a highly useful format.”— google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview, judging blind · full receipts ↓
12 tasks · 16 Aug 2026 · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, grok-4.5 · API $5 in / $30 out per 1M tokens · full model page →
Made by OpenAI. You use it inside ChatGPT — nothing to install.
Strongest showing: “Untangle the dates” — scored 9/10 by the panel.
“Correct reverse-chrono order, accurately flags all overlaps and vague period, provides solid pre-emptive line. Minor excess detail on overlaps but fully meets task.”— x-ai/grok-4.5, judging blind · full receipts ↓
12 tasks · 16 Aug 2026 · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, grok-4.5 · API $1.75 in / $14 out per 1M tokens · full model page →
Made by Anthropic. You use it inside Claude — nothing to install.
Strongest showing: “Thirty years onto two pages” — scored 10/10 by the panel. Weakest: “Do the hobbies earn their line?” at 8/10. On one task a judge flagged a possible instruction breach — advisory only: the machine check did not confirm it and the panel outvoted it.
“Perfect execution. Follows the word count constraint (114 words) and directly addresses all four required elements with highly actionable, ruthless advice tailored to the persona.”— google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview, judging blind · full receipts ↓
12 tasks · 16 Aug 2026 · judges gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gpt-5.6-terra, grok-4.5 · API $5 in / $25 out per 1M tokens · full model page →
See it for yourself
One task from the suite, and what the leader, the middle of the table and the bottom actually wrote. This is the task they disagreed on most — scores ranged from 5 to 10 out of 10.
Write a CV personal profile (max 50 words) for a supermarket shift manager: 6 years in post, runs a team of 12, cut waste 15%, trained 4 supervisors. Banned words: 'hard-working', 'team player', 'passionate', 'results-driven'. Every sentence must contain a fact.
Supermarket shift manager with 6 years’ experience leading 12 colleagues across replenishment, tills and stock control. Reduced waste by 15% through tighter ordering, rotation and markdown routines. Trained 4 supervisors in opening, closing, cash handling and performance reporting.
Judge: The response perfectly follows all instructions. It is exactly 38 words, includes all required facts, avoids all banned words, and ensures every sentence contains a verifiable metric. Highly professional and concise.
As a supermarket shift manager for six years, I direct 12 staff members. I cut departmental waste by 15% through optimized stock control. I trained four supervisors to oversee daily operations.
Judge: The response flawlessly follows all instructions. It is exactly 32 words, includes all required facts, avoids all banned words, and ensures every sentence is fact-based. It is highly concise and useful for a CV.
Experienced Shift Manager with 6 years of operational leadership. I oversee a 12-person staff and have successfully reduced store waste by 15%. My tenure includes the professional development and training of 4 supervisors. I consistently maintain high standards of efficiency and inventory control ac…
Judge: Under 50 words, no banned terms, but final sentence is generic filler lacking a concrete fact, breaking the 'every sentence must contain a fact' rule.
Trimmed to fit. Every full answer, every judge’s score: GPT-5.5, Qwen3.7 Max, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
How this ranking is made
Every model answers the identical published task suite. Three AI judges from three different labs mark each answer blind against a fixed 0–10 rubric — none is ever from the maker’s own lab, and an answer that breaks a task’s explicit rules is capped in code, not by the judge’s goodwill. The score is the average, out of 100.
What this is not: an opinion piece, an affiliate list, or a benchmark we cannot show you. Every score links its raw outputs and judge verdicts. The full protocol · receipts: GPT-5.5, GPT-5.3-Codex, Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Fable 5, GPT-5.6 Terra, Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.6 Luna, Grok 4.5, Qwen3.7 Max, DeepSeek V4 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.2, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, Claude Sonnet 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Kimi K3, Mistral Medium 3.5, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Questions people ask
What is the best AI for writing your CV in 2026?
GPT-5.5 leads our tested ranking with 95/100 on our 12-task CV suite (12 tasks), ahead of GPT-5.3-Codex on 93. Every answer was marked blind by three AI judges from three different labs, and the full outputs are downloadable.
How is this ranking made?
Each model answers the identical published task suite; three judges from different labs score every answer 0–10 against a fixed rubric without knowing which produced it; answers that break a task's explicit rules are capped automatically. The score is the average, out of 100. No vendor pays for placement.
How often does this page update?
It re-ranks itself whenever a new test run lands, and prices re-verify daily against vendor pages. The current ranking was last computed on 16 Aug 2026.
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