# Best AI model under 32B for long context — October 2026

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

Category board: https://isitsota.com/c/long-context?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 — Long context: Gemma 4 31B and Gemma 4 26B A4b are co-SOTA

## Weights

- Fiction.liveBench 120k: primary, weight 1
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query): primary, weight 0.7