# Best AI model per dollar for general llm — October 2026

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon & Gemini 3.8 Flash & Mimo V2.6 Pro & DeepSeek V4.1 Flash & Hy3 & DeepSeek V4 Flash are tied for state of the art in General LLM, best per dollar (tracked since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

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

## Top 10

- #1 Gemini 4 Argon
- #1 Gemini 3.8 Flash
- #1 Mimo V2.6 Pro
- #1 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- #1 Hy3
- #1 DeepSeek V4 Flash
- #2 Claude Opus 5.5
- #3 Claude Fable 5
- #4 Claude Opus 4.6
- #5 Claude Opus 4.7

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## Weights

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