Vision · Oct 14, 2026
Who is SOTA in Vision?
GPT-6.1 Sol & GPT-6 Astra & Claude Sonnet 5.5

Image and document understanding. GDP.pdf is the contamination-resistant primary when the vision arena is too tight to separate a leader. As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol & GPT-6 Astra & Claude Sonnet 5.5 are tied for state of the art in Vision (since Sep 30, 2026; sources GDP.pdf;…

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1OGPT-6.1 Sol
OpenAI
Co-SOTA · VisionmediumGPT-6.1 Sol is tied for SOTA in Vision with GPT-6 Astra, Claude Sonnet 5.5, within the margin of error, since 2026-09-30.
1OGPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
Co-SOTA · VisionmediumGPT-6 Astra is tied for SOTA in Vision with Claude Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol, within the margin of error, since 2026-09-30.
1AClaude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic
Co-SOTA · VisionmediumClaude Sonnet 5.5 is tied for SOTA in Vision with GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, within the margin of error, since 2026-09-30.
3OGPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI
Near-SOTA · VisionmediumClose in Vision: rank #3, 10.5 percentile points behind the leader.
4AClaude Opus 5.5
Anthropic
Near-SOTA · VisionmediumClose in Vision: rank #4, 13.2 percentile points behind the leader.
2MMuse Wonder
Meta
Pending · VisionlowToo new to call Vision. A crown change still needs two confirming signals.
5AClaude Fable 5
Anthropic
Was SOTA · VisionmediumWas SOTA in Vision from 2026-07-16 to 2026-09-09. Currently ranked #5.
6AClaude Fable 5.1
Anthropic
#6 in VisionmediumRanked #6 in Vision.
7GGemini 4 Argon
Google DeepMind
#7 in VisionmediumRanked #7 in Vision.
8MMuse Spark 1.3
Meta
#8 in VisionmediumRanked #8 in Vision.
9OGPT-6 Sol
OpenAI
#9 in VisionmediumRanked #9 in Vision.
10OGPT-5.5
OpenAI
Was SOTA · VisionmediumWas SOTA in Vision from 2026-07-08 to 2026-07-16. Currently ranked #10.
11OGPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI
#11 in VisionmediumRanked #11 in Vision.
12AClaude Opus 5
Anthropic
#12 in VisionmediumRanked #12 in Vision.
13AClaude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
#13 in VisionmediumRanked #13 in Vision.
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GPT-6.1 Sol

CO-SOTA · Vision · Sep 2026

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GPT-6 Astra

CO-SOTA · Vision · Sep 2026

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Claude Sonnet 5.5

CO-SOTA · Vision · Sep 2026

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Claude Opus 4.6 — #2 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Muse Spark — #6 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 3 Pro — #10 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5.4 — #19 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5.5 Instant — #24 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Qwen3 7 Plus — #32 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude Sonnet 5 — #33 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemma 4 31B — #34 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Kimi K2 5 Thinking — #38 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5.1 — #39 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5.4 Mini — #40 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Step 5 Preview — #41 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Mimo V2.6 Flash — #42 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 2.5 Pro — #43 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Mimo V2.6 Pro — #45 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Qwen3 5 397B A17b — #46 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Qwen3 8 27B — #47 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5.2 — #48 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemma 4 26B A4b — #50 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Kimi K2 5 Instant — #52 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Minimax M3 — #53 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Mimo V2.5 — #54 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09 2025 — #55 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Qwen3 5 122B A10b — #56 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-4.5 Preview — #57 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Qwen3 5 27B — #58 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

O3 — #59 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 2.5 Flash — #60 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Qwen3 VL 235B A22b Instruct — #61 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-4.1 — #62 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5 — #63 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Inkling Small — #64 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-4.1 Mini — #65 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

O4 Mini — #66 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Mistral Medium 3.5 — #67 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Mistral Large 3 — #68 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5.4 Nano — #69 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

O1 — #70 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Qwen3 VL 235B A22b Thinking — #71 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 06.17 Thinking — #72 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude Opus 4 — #73 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude Sonnet 4 — #74 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Grok 4 0709 — #75 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5 Mini — #76 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 1.5 Pro 002 — #77 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude 3.7 Sonnet — #78 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 2.0 Flash 001 — #79 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-4O — #80 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GLM 4 6V — #81 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude 3.5 Sonnet — #82 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemma 3 27B IT — #83 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Mistral Medium 2505 — #84 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GLM 4 5V — #85 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-5 Nano — #86 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128e Instruct — #87 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Step 3 — #88 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 1.5 Flash 002 — #89 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Mistral Small 2506 — #90 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview 02.05 — #91 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct — #92 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct 2503 — #93 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude 3.5 Haiku — #94 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 1.5 Pro 001 — #95 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Qwen2 5 VL 32B Instruct — #96 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Molmo 2 8B — #97 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-4 Turbo — #98 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-4O Mini — #99 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

GPT-4.1 Nano — #100 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B 001 — #101 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude 3 Opus — #102 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Gemini 1.5 Flash 001 — #103 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Molmo 72B 0924 — #104 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Llama 3.2 Vision 90B Instruct — #105 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Pixtral 12B 2409 — #107 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Internvl2 26B — #108 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Amazon Nova Lite V1.0 — #109 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Amazon Nova Pro V1.0 — #110 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude 3 Sonnet — #111 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

C4ai Aya Vision 32B — #112 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Claude 3 Haiku — #113 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Molmo 7B D 0924 — #114 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Llama 3.2 Vision 11B Instruct — #115 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Llava Onevision Qwen2 72B OV — #116 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Llava V1.6 34B — #117 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Minicpm V 2.6 — #118 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Internvl2 4B — #119 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Phi 3.5 Vision Instruct — #120 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

Phi 3 Vision 128k Instruct — #121 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf

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Who is SOTA in Vision?

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-6.1 Sol & GPT-6 Astra & Claude Sonnet 5.5 are tied for state of the art in Vision (since Sep 30, 2026; sources GDP.pdf; methodology v1.0).

Since when is the Vision crown current?

The current crown in Vision has held since Sep 30, 2026.