VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is Gemini 3 Pro Preview state of the art?
It used to be.Was SOTA in Reasoning.
As of Oct 13, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro Preview from Google DeepMind. Was SOTA in Reasoning. Was SOTA in Math from 2025-11-24 to 2026-03-03. Currently ranked #7.
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Was SOTA in Reasoning from 2026-02-11 to 2026-03-03. Currently ranked #10.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam gemini-3-pro-preview | 0.37520000000000003 0.3–0.4 | 2025-11-18 | INDEP. | snap_f9d8103e52c2 |
| GPQA Diamond gemini-3-pro-preview | 0.9261363636363636 0.9–1.0 | 2025-11-18 | INDEP. | snap_f9d8103e52c2 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 gemini-3-pro-preview | 0.6942571785270001 0.7–0.7 | 2025-11-18 | INDEP. | snap_f9d8103e52c2 |
| ARC-AGI gemini-3-pro-preview | 0.75 | 2025-11-18 | 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
Math
Gemini 1.5 Pro 002
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
O3
O4 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05.06
O3
O4 Mini
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
O3
GPT-5
GPT-5 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
GPT-5 Pro
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPT-5.4 Pro
Muse Spark
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | Was SOTA | Was SOTA in Reasoning from 2026-02-11 to 2026-03-03. Currently ranked #10. |
| Math | Was SOTA | Was SOTA in Math from 2025-11-24 to 2026-03-03. Currently ranked #7. |
| Science | Not SOTA · #23 | Last listed at #23 in Science on 2025-11-18. That board does not award a crown. |
| Coding | Not SOTA · #7 | Last listed at #7 in Coding on 2025-11-18. |
| Coding › Agentic | Not SOTA · #7 | Last listed at #7 in Coding › Agentic on 2025-11-18. |
| Abstraction (ARC) | Not SOTA · #41 | Last listed at #41 in Abstraction (ARC) on 2025-11-18. That board does not award a crown. |