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VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is Gemini 3.8 Flash state of the art?
Yes.Yes on Math (best per dollar). Not the overall leader.

As of Oct 13, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash from Google DeepMind. Yes on Math (best per dollar). Not the overall leader. Was SOTA in Reasoning from 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-03. Currently ranked #31.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 13, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: medium
General LLMNot SOTA · #37#37 · 0dGeneral LLM · paretoNot SOTA · #37#37 · 0dReasoningWas SOTA#31 · 41dReasoning · paretoNot SOTA · #31#31 · 0dMathNot SOTA · #4#4 · 0dMath · paretoPareto#4 · 0dScienceNot SOTA · #4#4 · 0dCodingNot SOTA · #61#61 · 0dCoding · paretoNot SOTA · #61#61 · 0dCoding › AgenticNot SOTA · #17#17 · 0d
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Why

The ruling, in plain English

Ranked #37 in General LLM.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot
SourceScoreDateTypeReceipt
LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall)
gemini-3.8-flash-high · high
1496.5039548814862 1491.8–1501.32026-10-08INDEP.snap_51142aff7bb5
LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts)
gemini-3.8-flash-high · high
1517.1544856798312 1511.4–1522.92026-10-08INDEP.snap_51142aff7bb5
Humanity's Last Exam
gemini-3.8-flash_unknown
0.44520000000000004 0.4–0.52026-09-02INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
GPQA Diamond
gemini-3.8-flash_high · high
0.9539141414141414 0.9–1.02026-09-02INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
Terminal-Bench 4.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash high · high
19.09 15.7–22.42026-10-06INDEP.snap_13678220dcf7
LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query)
gemini-3.8-flash-high · high
1510.4935388437123 1503.9–1517.12026-10-08INDEP.snap_51142aff7bb5
GDP.pdf
gemini-3.8-flash_medium · medium
0.233999999999999992026-09-02INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
LMArena Text factuality
gemini-3.8-flash-high · high
1489.993080095143 1482.6–1497.42026-09-13INDEP.snap_ee60de771ba0
ARC-AGI
gemini-3.8-flash_high · high
0.9852026-09-02INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
Reign history

Where it sits in the succession

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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

CategoryThis modelWhy
General LLMNot SOTA · #37Ranked #37 in General LLM.
ReasoningWas SOTAWas SOTA in Reasoning from 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-03. Currently ranked #31.
MathNot SOTA · #4Ranked #4 in Math.
ScienceNot SOTA · #4Last listed at #4 in Science on 2026-09-02. That board does not award a crown.
CodingNot SOTA · #61Ranked #61 in Coding.
Coding › AgenticNot SOTA · #17Ranked #17 in Coding › Agentic.
Long contextNot SOTA · #28Ranked #28 in Long context.
VisionNot SOTA · #13Ranked #13 in Vision.