Best AI model per dollar for long context — 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 Long context, best per dollar (tracked since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query); methodology v1.0).
Leading, crown pending confirmation: GLM 5.3 Flash.
Category board for Long context
Ranks
Last crown changes
Crown changes for this board are still empty as of Oct 14, 2026.
Which benchmarks count
- Fiction.liveBench 120k — primary, weight 1
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) — primary, weight 0.7
Who is SOTA in Long context, best per dollar?
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 Long context, best per dollar (tracked since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query); methodology v1.0).
Since when is the Long context, best per dollar crown current?
The current crown in Long context, best per dollar has been tracked since Oct 14, 2026.