# Best AI model under 32B for general llm — October 2026

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemma 4 31B & Gemma 4 26B A4b are tied for state of the art in General LLM, models at or under 32B (since Oct 8, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

Category board: https://isitsota.com/c/general-llm?slice=le-32b

## Top 10

- #1 Gemma 4 31B
- #1 Gemma 4 26B A4b
- #2 Qwen3 8 27B
- #3 Qwen3 5 27B
- #4 Qwen3 30B A3b Instruct 2507

## Crown changes

- Oct 8, 2026 — General LLM: Gemma 4 31B and Gemma 4 26B A4b are co-SOTA

## Weights

- LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall): primary, weight 1
- LiveBench: secondary, weight 0.45