VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is Gemini 3.7 Flash state of the art?
Yes.Yes on Vision (best per dollar). Not the overall leader.
As of Oct 13, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash from Google DeepMind. Yes on Vision (best per dollar). Not the overall leader. Was SOTA in Reasoning from 2026-09-03 to 2026-09-11.
General LLMNot SOTA · #2#2 · 0dReasoningWas SOTAWAS_SOTA · 40dMathNot SOTA · #7#7 · 0dScienceNot SOTA · #6#6 · 0dCodingNot SOTA · #83#83 · 0dCoding › AgenticNot SOTA · #23#23 · 0dCoding › Web devNot SOTA · #1#1 · 0dLong contextNot SOTA · #1#1 · 0dVisionNot SOTA · #12#12 · 0dVision · paretoPareto#12 · 0d
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Last listed at #2 in General LLM on 2026-09-13.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) gemini-3.7-flash-high · high | 1489.821045328777 1481.6–1498.0 | 2026-09-13 | INDEP. | snap_51142aff7bb5 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) gemini-3.7-flash-high · high | 1502.6485318567734 1485.8–1519.5 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_51142aff7bb5 |
| GPQA Diamond gemini-3.7-flash_high · high | 0.9482323232323232 0.9–1.0 | 2026-08-13 | INDEP. | snap_f9d8103e52c2 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 Gemini 3.7 Flash high · high | 11.21 8.8–13.7 | 2026-10-06 | INDEP. | snap_13678220dcf7 |
| LMArena WebDev gemini-3.7-flash-high · high | 1587.044813853989 1573.9–1600.2 | 2026-08-21 | INDEP. | snap_6c327280fd30 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) gemini-3.7-flash-high · high | 1500.377275912632 1493.1–1507.7 | 2026-09-25 | INDEP. | snap_51142aff7bb5 |
| GDP.pdf gemini-3.7-flash_high · high | 0.23800000000000002 | 2026-08-13 | INDEP. | snap_f9d8103e52c2 |
| LMArena Text factuality gemini-3.7-flash-high · high | 1485.6768174411613 1478.8–1492.6 | 2026-09-13 | INDEP. | snap_ee60de771ba0 |
| ARC-AGI gemini-3.7-flash_high · high | 0.9550000000000001 | 2026-08-13 | INDEP. | snap_f9d8103e52c2 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
Reasoning
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
DeepSeek V2.5
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
GPT-4 1106 Preview
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Mistral Large 2407
Claude 3 Opus
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Gemini 1.5 Pro 001
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
GPT-4O
Amazon Nova Lite V1:0
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Gemini 1.5 Pro 001
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
GPT-4O
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Gemini 1.5 Pro 001
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
O1
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Grok 2
O1
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
O1
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Exp 01.21
O1
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Exp 01.21
O1
YI Lightning
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Exp 01.21
GPT-4O
O1
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
DeepSeek V3
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Exp 01.21
O1
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview 02.05
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Exp 01.21
GPT-4.5 Preview
O1
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Exp 01.21
GPT-4.5 Preview
O1
O1 Mini
Amazon Nova Pro V1:0
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Exp 01.21
GPT-4.5 Preview
O1
Qwq 32B
Gemini 2.0 Flash 001
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Qwen2 5
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
O3
O3 Mini
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
O1 Preview
O3
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
GPT-4.1 Mini
O3
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
O3
O3 Mini
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
O3
O3 Mini
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
O1
O3
O4 Mini
Claude Sonnet 4
DeepSeek R1
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
O3
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
O3
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
GPT-4.1
O3
O4 Mini
Claude Opus 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
O3
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
GPT-5
GPT-5 Mini
Grok 4 0709
O3
DeepSeek R1 0528
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
GPT-5
GPT-5 Mini
O3
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
GLM 4.5
GPT-5
GPT-5 Mini
O3
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06.05
GPT-4.5 Preview
GPT-5
GPT-5 Mini
O3
GPT-5
GPT-5 Pro
O3
Qwen3 235B A22b Instruct 2507
GPT-5
GPT-5 Pro
Qwen3 Max
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
GPT-5
GPT-5 Pro
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GPT-5 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GPT-5.1
GPT-5 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GPT-5.2
GPT-5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GPT-5 Pro
Claude Opus 4.1
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GPT-5.1
GPT-5 Pro
Grok 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.6
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GPT-5.1
GPT-5 Pro
Grok 4.1
Claude Opus 4.6
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GLM 5
GPT-5 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GPT-5 Pro
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPT-5.4 Mini
GPT-5.4 Pro
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Claude Opus 4.5
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GLM 5.1
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPT-5.4 Pro
GPT-5.5
Muse Spark
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPT-5.4
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3 Pro
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPT-5.4 Pro
Kimi K3
Muse Spark
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GLM 5.3
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Claude Fable 5.1
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.7 Flash
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Claude Fable 5.1
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Gemini 3.7 Flash
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra
Muse Spark 1.1
Claude Fable 5
GPT-6 Astra
Claude Opus 5
GPT-6 Astra
Claude Opus 5.5
Gemini 4 Argon
GPT-6 Astra
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | Not SOTA · #2 | Last listed at #2 in General LLM on 2026-09-13. |
| Reasoning | Was SOTA | Was SOTA in Reasoning from 2026-09-03 to 2026-09-11. |
| Math | Not SOTA · #7 | Ranked #7 in Math. |
| Science | Not SOTA · #6 | Last listed at #6 in Science on 2026-08-13. That board does not award a crown. |
| Coding | Not SOTA · #83 | Ranked #83 in Coding. |
| Coding › Agentic | Not SOTA · #23 | Ranked #23 in Coding › Agentic. |
| Coding › Web dev | Not SOTA · #1 | Last listed at #1 in Coding › Web dev on 2026-08-21. |
| Long context | Not SOTA · #1 | Last listed at #1 in Long context on 2026-09-25. |