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Best AI model for general llm — October 2026

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon is state of the art in General LLM (since Oct 2, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

Leading, crown pending confirmation: Muse Wonder.

Category board for General LLM

Top 10

Ranks

  1. #1 Gemini 4 Argon
  2. #2 Claude Opus 5.5
  3. #3 Claude Fable 5
  4. #4 Claude Opus 4.6
  5. #5 Claude Opus 4.7
  6. #1 Muse Wonder
  7. #6 Claude Fable 5.1
  8. #7 Gemini 3.8 Flash
  9. #8 Muse Spark 1.2
  10. #9 Muse Spark 1.3
Recent crowns

Last crown changes

  • Oct 2, 2026 — General LLM: Gemini 4 Argon takes the crown
  • Sep 11, 2026 — General LLM: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Fable 5.1 and Muse Spark 1.2 and Gemini 3.8 Flash are co-SOTA
  • Aug 19, 2026 — General LLM: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.7 and Muse Spark 1.2 are co-SOTA
Weights

Which benchmarks count

Who is SOTA in General LLM?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon is state of the art in General LLM (since Oct 2, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

Since when is the General LLM crown current?

The current crown in General LLM has held since Oct 2, 2026.