VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is Claude 3 Opus state of the art?
No.Best recorded rank is #9 in General LLM.
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude 3 Opus from Anthropic. Best recorded rank is #9 in General LLM. Last listed at #9 in General LLM on 2024-09-27.
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Last listed at #9 in General LLM on 2024-09-27.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) claude-3-opus-20240229 | 1237.899788137118 1235.6–1240.4 | 2024-09-27 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) claude-3-opus-20240229 | 1234.5728800999182 1230.2–1239.7 | 2024-10-07 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| GPQA Diamond claude-3-opus-20240229 | 0.4715909090909091 0.4–0.5 | 2024-02-29 | INDEP. | snap_fee7890b5dd0 |
| LMArena Vision (style-controlled) claude-3-opus-20240229 | 1061.2970529574936 1050.9–1071.7 | 2026-10-09 | INDEP. | snap_44d0155ee751 |
| SimpleQA Verified claude-3-opus-20240229 | 0.126 0.1–0.1 | 2024-02-29 | INDEP. | snap_fee7890b5dd0 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
No closed or open crown interval includes this model.
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | Not SOTA · #9 | Last listed at #9 in General LLM on 2024-09-27. |
| Reasoning | Not SOTA · #9 | Last listed at #9 in Reasoning on 2024-10-07. |
| Science | Not SOTA · #163 | Last listed at #163 in Science on 2024-02-29. That board does not award a crown. |
| Vision | Not SOTA · #102 | Ranked #102 in Vision. |
| Factuality | Not SOTA · #77 | Last listed at #77 in Factuality on 2024-02-29. |