⌕Is ___ SOTA?
Computed automatically· 17 categories · 98 models in this snapshot · verified Oct 13, 2026

Is it state of the art?

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IsSOTA?
Try: Gemini 2.5 ProClaude Opus 5.5Gemini 4 ArgonGPT-6 Astra best open model for coding
Current crowns · Oct 13, 2026

Who is SOTA right now

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OverallOpen weights≤ 32BBest per $
General LLM
G
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro is SOTA in General LLM since 2026-01-27. No eligible…259d reign
ReasoningCO-SOTA
AGO
Claude Opus 5.5 & Gemini 4 Argon & GPT-6 Astra
Claude Opus 5.5 is co-SOTA in Reasoning with low confidence because…5d reign
MathCO-SOTA
GOM
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview & GPT-5.4 Pro & Muse Spark
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is tied for SOTA in Math with GPT-5.4 Pro, Muse…180d reign
CodingCO-SOTA
AA
Claude Opus 5.5 & Claude Sonnet 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 is tied for SOTA in Coding with Claude Sonnet 5.5,…7d reign
Coding › AgenticCO-SOTA
AA
Claude Opus 5.5 & Claude Sonnet 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 is tied for SOTA in Coding › Agentic with Claude…7d reign
Coding › Web dev
O
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5 is SOTA in Coding › Web dev since 2026-05-25. No eligible…141d reign
Long contextCO-SOTA
OxO
GPT-5 & Grok 4 0709 & O3
GPT-5 is tied for SOTA in Long context with O3, Grok 4 0709, within…418d reign
VisionCO-SOTA
OO
GPT-5.6 Sol & GPT-6 Astra
GPT-5.6 Sol is tied for SOTA in Vision with GPT-6 Astra, within the…34d reign
Image generation
MS
Mai Image 2.5
Mai Image 2.5 is SOTA in Image generation since 2026-09-24. No…19d reign
Image edit
O
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is SOTA in Image edit since 2026-10-06. No…7d reign
Video generation
G
Veo 3
Veo 3 is SOTA in Video generation since 2026-03-06. No eligible model…221d reign
Factuality
M
Muse Spark 1.1
Muse Spark 1.1 is SOTA in Factuality since 2026-07-20. No eligible…85d reign
EmbeddingsCO-SOTA
MSQTE
Microsoft Harrier Oss V1 27B & Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 8B & Tencent Kalm Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511
Microsoft Harrier Oss V1 27B is tied for SOTA in Embeddings with Qwen…195d reign

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General LLM: Gemini 2.5 Pro takes the crownGeneral LLM: GLM 5 takes the crownGeneral LLM: Kimi K3 takes the crownReasoning: Gemini 1.5 Pro 002 takes the crownReasoning: Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25 and O3 and O4 Mini and Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06 and Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05 are co-SOTAReasoning: O3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05 and GPT-5 and GPT-5 Mini are co-SOTA
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