🇳🇱 Best AI for Dutch
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- Best overall: gpt-6-astra. Statistically close: gpt-6.1-sol.
- Best open-weight (self-host / cheap): zai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash (rank score 1.32).
- Best for writing (summaries + grammar, top 40 models): zai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash (49.98).
- Translation & agent tasks: no per-model Dutch benchmark data yet in EuroEval's public generative board, so we don't rank them. See gaps.
| # | Model | Rank score ↓ | Writing ↑ | Understanding ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gpt-6-astra | 1.17 | 49.47 | 85.7 |
| 2 | gpt-6.1-sol | 1.22 | 48.93 | 84.78 |
| 3 | gemini/gemini-3.7-flash | 1.29 | 49.06 | 83.61 |
| 4 | zai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash open | 1.32 | 49.98 | 75.46 |
| 5 | gemini/gemini-3.6-flash | 1.38 | 47.08 | 83.06 |
| 6 | gpt-5.6-sol | 1.45 | 45.56 | 77.02 |
| 7 | gpt-6-sol | 1.47 | 47.64 | 73.17 |
| 8 | deepseek/deepseek-flash#no-thinking | 1.50 | 48.93 | 66.88 |
| 9 | gemini/gemini-3-flash-preview#thinking | 1.54 | 42.82 | 82.07 |
| 10 | claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929#thinking | 1.56 | 45.15 | 70.39 |
| 11 | zai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash open | 1.58 | 43.4 | 72.81 |
| 12 | Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B-FP8 open | 1.60 | 45.14 | 67.03 |
| 13 | deepseek/deepseek-flash#low | 1.62 | 44.57 | 70.36 |
| 14 | claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929#no-thinking | 1.63 | 47.94 | 62.42 |
| 15 | Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8 open | 1.63 | 45.02 | 65.75 |
Source: EuroEval Dutch generative leaderboard, retrieved 2026-10-15. 171 models evaluated. Datasets: conll_nl, dbrd, duidelijke_taal, dutch_cola, include_nl, multiloko_nl, squad_nl, wiki_lingua_nl, winogrande_nl.
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