# Is Gemini 3.8 Flash SOTA?

**Yes.** Yes on General LLM (best per dollar); Reasoning (best per dollar). Not the overall leader.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash from Google DeepMind. Yes on General LLM (best per dollar); Reasoning (best per dollar). Not the overall leader. Close in Long context: rank #6, 3.4 percentile points behind the leader.

As of Oct 14, 2026. Methodology v1.0. Computed automatically.

- General LLM: WAS_SOTA #7 — Was SOTA in General LLM from 2026-09-11 to 2026-10-02. Currently ranked #7.
- Reasoning: NOT_SOTA #7 — Ranked #7 in Reasoning.
- Math: NOT_SOTA #4 — Ranked #4 in Math.
- Science: NOT_SOTA #4 — Last listed at #4 in Science on 2026-09-02. That board does not award a crown.
- Coding: NOT_SOTA #17 — Ranked #17 in Coding.
- Coding › Agentic: NOT_SOTA #17 — Ranked #17 in Coding › Agentic.
- Coding › Web dev: NOT_SOTA #26 — Ranked #26 in Coding › Web dev.
- Long context: NEAR_SOTA #6 — Close in Long context: rank #6, 3.4 percentile points behind the leader.
- Vision: NOT_SOTA #13 — Ranked #13 in Vision.
- Factuality: NOT_SOTA #16 — Ranked #16 in Factuality.
- Abstraction (ARC): NOT_SOTA #1 — Last listed at #1 in Abstraction (ARC) on 2026-09-02. That board does not award a crown.

## General LLM

https://isitsota.com/c/general-llm