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Long context · Oct 13, 2026
Who is SOTA in Long context?
Minimax M1
Usable long context, not a needle-in-a-haystack demo. Fiction.liveBench at 120k tokens plus longer-query preference. As of Oct 13, 2026, Minimax M1 holds Long context. Minimax M1 is SOTA in Long context since 2025-09-18. No eligible model is credibly ahead on the…
Standings · open-weights
The board
| # | Model | State | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KKimi K3 Moonshot AI | Near-SOTA | medium |
| 3 | MIMinimax M1 minimax | SOTA | high |
| 4 | DSDeepSeek V3.1 DeepSeek | Was SOTA | medium |
| 5 | DSDeepSeek R1 DeepSeek | Was SOTA | medium |
Evidence recipe
What can move this crown
- Fiction.liveBench 120k — primary, weight 1
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) — primary, weight 0.7