# Is Claude Opus 4.6 SOTA?

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 is near state of the art, rank #2 in Reasoning (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).

Near-SOTA in Reasoning, rank #2.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 is near state of the art, rank #2 in Reasoning (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0). Close in Reasoning: rank #2, 1.6 percentile points behind the leader.

Methodology v1.0. Computed automatically.

- General LLM: NEAR_SOTA #4 — Close in General LLM: rank #4, 2.1 percentile points behind the leader.
- Reasoning: NEAR_SOTA #2 — Close in Reasoning: rank #2, 1.6 percentile points behind the leader.
- Math: RANKED #11 — Ranked #11 in Math.
- Science: RANKED #32 — Last listed at #32 in Science on 2026-02-05. That board does not award a crown.
- Coding: INSUFFICIENT_DATA — #5 on LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding); missing Terminal-Bench 4.0 and SWE-bench Pro V2 HARD
- Coding › Web dev: WAS_SOTA #37 — Was SOTA in Coding › Web dev from 2026-04-21 to 2026-05-19. Currently ranked #37.
- Long context: NEAR_SOTA #2 — Close in Long context: rank #2, 0.5 percentile points behind the leader.
- Vision: INSUFFICIENT_DATA — #3 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf
- Factuality: NEAR_SOTA #3 — Close in Factuality: rank #3, 2.3 percentile points behind the leader.

## Factuality

https://isitsota.com/c/factuality