# 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: https://isitsota.com/c/general-llm

## Top 10

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

## 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

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