# Is Gemini 4 Argon SOTA?

**Yes.** SOTA in General LLM, co-SOTA in Reasoning, co-SOTA in Long context and co-SOTA in Factuality.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 4 Argon from Google DeepMind. SOTA in General LLM, co-SOTA in Reasoning, co-SOTA in Long context and co-SOTA in Factuality. Gemini 4 Argon is SOTA in General LLM since 2026-10-02. No eligible model is credibly ahead on the weighted primary evidence.

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

- General LLM: SOTA #1 — Gemini 4 Argon is SOTA in General LLM since 2026-10-02. No eligible model is credibly ahead on the weighted primary evidence.
- Reasoning: CO_SOTA #1 — Gemini 4 Argon is tied for SOTA in Reasoning with Claude Opus 5.5, within the margin of error, since 2026-10-02.
- Science: NOT_SOTA #1 — Last listed at #1 in Science on 2026-09-30. That board does not award a crown.
- Coding: NOT_SOTA #1 — Ranked #1 in Coding.
- Coding › Web dev: NOT_SOTA #8 — Ranked #8 in Coding › Web dev.
- Long context: CO_SOTA #1 — Gemini 4 Argon is tied for SOTA in Long context with Claude Opus 5.5, within the margin of error, since 2026-10-02.
- Factuality: CO_SOTA #1 — Gemini 4 Argon is tied for SOTA in Factuality with Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5.1, within the margin of error, since 2026-10-02.

## Long context

https://isitsota.com/c/long-context