VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is Claude Sonnet 4 state of the art?
No.Best recorded rank is #7 in Long context.
As of Oct 14, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4 from Anthropic. Best recorded rank is #7 in Long context. Last listed at #7 in Long context on 2025-06-18.
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Last listed at #9 in General LLM on 2025-06-18.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | 1394.1802188835286 1388.9–1398.9 | 2025-06-18 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | 1407.3005513847725 1397.4–1414.9 | 2025-07-07 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| Humanity's Last Exam claude-sonnet-4-20250514_unknown | 0.0776 0.1–0.1 | 2025-05-22 | INDEP. | snap_e03cddec1fbb |
| GPQA Diamond claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | 0.6666666666666666 0.6–0.7 | 2025-05-22 | INDEP. | snap_e03cddec1fbb |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding) claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | 1437.4812355280947 1427.6–1445.1 | 2025-07-15 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | 1396.1314979466902 1389.9–1403.3 | 2025-06-18 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Vision (style-controlled) claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | 1170.6345627351689 1157.2–1182.4 | 2025-06-11 | INDEP. | snap_ae2e1c2545e6 |
| ARC-AGI claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | 0.2383 | 2025-05-22 | INDEP. | snap_e03cddec1fbb |
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 2025-06-18. |
| Reasoning | Not SOTA · #8 | Last listed at #8 in Reasoning on 2025-07-07. |
| Math | Not SOTA · #34 | Ranked #34 in Math. |
| Science | Not SOTA · #119 | Last listed at #119 in Science on 2025-05-22. That board does not award a crown. |
| Coding | Not SOTA · #8 | Last listed at #8 in Coding on 2025-07-15. |
| Long context | Not SOTA · #7 | Last listed at #7 in Long context on 2025-06-18. |
| Vision | Not SOTA · #11 | Last listed at #11 in Vision on 2025-06-11. |
| Abstraction (ARC) | Not SOTA · #84 | Last listed at #84 in Abstraction (ARC) on 2025-05-22. That board does not award a crown. |