# Best open-weights AI model for general llm — October 2026

As of Oct 15, 2026, Kimi K3 & Mimo V2.6 Pro & GLM 5.3 are tied for state of the art in General LLM, open weights (since Oct 13, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

Category board: https://isitsota.com/c/general-llm?slice=open-weights

## Top 10

- #1 Kimi K3
- #1 Mimo V2.6 Pro
- #1 GLM 5.3
- #2 GLM 5.2
- #3 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- #4 GLM 5.3 Flash
- #5 Mimo V2.5 Pro
- #6 GLM 5.1
- #7 DeepSeek V4 Pro High
- #8 Kimi K2 6

## Crown changes

- Oct 13, 2026 — General LLM: Kimi K3 and Mimo V2.6 Pro and GLM 5.3 are co-SOTA
- Jul 20, 2026 — General LLM: Kimi K3 takes the crown
- Nov 5, 2025 — General LLM: GLM 4.6 takes the crown

## Weights

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