General LLM · Oct 14, 2026
Who is SOTA in General LLM?
Gemini 4 Argon

Best publicly available general-purpose language model, judged from independent preference and contamination-resistant composite evidence. 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…

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1GGemini 4 Argon
Google DeepMind
SOTA · General LLMmediumGemini 4 Argon is SOTA in General LLM since 2026-10-02. No eligible model is credibly ahead on the weighted primary evidence.
2AClaude Opus 5.5
Anthropic
Near-SOTA · General LLMmediumClose in General LLM: rank #2, 1.4 percentile points behind the leader.
3AClaude Fable 5
Anthropic
Near-SOTA · General LLMmediumClose in General LLM: rank #3, 2.0 percentile points behind the leader.
4AClaude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
Near-SOTA · General LLMmediumClose in General LLM: rank #4, 2.7 percentile points behind the leader.
5AClaude Opus 4.7
Anthropic
Near-SOTA · General LLMmediumClose in General LLM: rank #5, 3.4 percentile points behind the leader.
1MMuse Wonder
Meta
Pending · General LLMlowToo new to call General LLM. A crown change still needs two confirming signals.
6AClaude Fable 5.1
Anthropic
Was SOTA · General LLMmediumWas SOTA in General LLM from 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-02. Currently ranked #6.
7GGemini 3.8 Flash
Google DeepMind
Was SOTA · General LLMmediumWas SOTA in General LLM from 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-02. Currently ranked #7.
8MMuse Spark 1.2
Meta
Was SOTA · General LLMmediumWas SOTA in General LLM from 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-02. Currently ranked #8.
9MMuse Spark 1.3
Meta
#9 in General LLMmediumRanked #9 in General LLM.
10MMuse Spark 1.1
Meta
Was SOTA · General LLMmediumWas SOTA in General LLM from 2026-07-20 to 2026-07-27. Currently ranked #10.
11AClaude Opus 5
Anthropic
Was SOTA · General LLMmediumWas SOTA in General LLM from 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-03. Currently ranked #11.
12MMuse Spark
Meta
Was SOTA · General LLMmediumWas SOTA in General LLM from 2026-05-18 to 2026-06-16. Currently ranked #12.
13KKimi K3
Moonshot AI
#13 in General LLMmediumRanked #13 in General LLM.
14GGemini 3.7 Flash
Google DeepMind
#14 in General LLMmediumRanked #14 in General LLM.
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Who is SOTA in General LLM?

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).

Since when is the General LLM crown current?

The current crown in General LLM has held since Oct 2, 2026.