# 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 #5, 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: RANKED #6 — Ranked #6 in Reasoning.
- Math: RANKED #5 — Ranked #5 in Math.
- Science: RANKED #4 — Last listed at #4 in Science on 2026-09-02. That board does not award a crown.
- Coding: RANKED #15 — Ranked #15 in Coding.
- Coding › Agentic: RANKED #15 — Ranked #15 in Coding › Agentic.
- Coding › Web dev: RANKED #26 — Ranked #26 in Coding › Web dev.
- Long context: NEAR_SOTA #5 — Close in Long context: rank #5, 3.4 percentile points behind the leader.
- Vision: RANKED #15 — Ranked #15 in Vision.
- Factuality: RANKED #17 — Ranked #17 in Factuality.
- Abstraction (ARC): RANKED #1 — Last listed at #1 in Abstraction (ARC) on 2026-09-02. That board does not award a crown.

## Science

https://isitsota.com/c/science