Best · Best AI model under 32B for reasoning — October 2026
Best AI model under 32B for reasoning — October 2026
As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemma 4 31B & Qwen3 8 27B & Gemma 4 26B A4b are tied for state of the art in Reasoning, models at or under 32B (since Oct 8, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).
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Last crown changes
- Oct 8, 2026 — Reasoning: Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 8 27B and Gemma 4 26B A4b are co-SOTA
Weights
Which benchmarks count
- Humanity's Last Exam — primary, weight 1
- GPQA Diamond — primary, weight 1
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) — primary, weight 1
- LiveBench — secondary, weight 0.35
Who is SOTA in Reasoning, models at or under 32B?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemma 4 31B & Qwen3 8 27B & Gemma 4 26B A4b are tied for state of the art in Reasoning, models at or under 32B (since Oct 8, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).
Since when is the Reasoning, models at or under 32B crown current?
The current crown in Reasoning, models at or under 32B has held since Oct 8, 2026.