Is Gemini 4 Carbon state of the art?Too new.Too new to call. The crown still needs confirming evidence.
As of Nov 3, 2026, Gemini 4 Carbon is leading, crown pending confirmation in General LLM (since Nov 3, 2026; sources Vals Index and LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0). Too new to call General LLM. A crown change still needs two confirming signals.
The ruling, in plain English
Too new to call General LLM. A crown change still needs two confirming signals.
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index google/gemini-4-carbon · high · Source: Vals AI | 70.45 68.5–72.4 | 2026-11-03 | INDEP. | snap_vals_26935ffc7b43 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) Gemini 4 Carbon (High) | 1527.5065447464403 1518.1–1536.9 | 2026-10-28 | INDEP. | snap_9e2e37741b7d |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) Gemini 4 Carbon (High) | 1548.1746222902766 1536.3–1560.0 | 2026-10-28 | INDEP. | snap_9e2e37741b7d |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding) Gemini 4 Carbon (High) | 1573.4488338286928 1555.0–1591.9 | 2026-10-28 | INDEP. | snap_9e2e37741b7d |
| LMArena WebDev Gemini 4 Carbon (High) | 1768.1522310766236 1753.2–1783.2 | 2026-10-28 | INDEP. | snap_b8ce17b5da3c |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) Gemini 4 Carbon (High) | 1541.9336246816797 1527.4–1556.5 | 2026-10-28 | INDEP. | snap_9e2e37741b7d |
| LMArena Text factuality Gemini 4 Carbon (High) | 1521.585410134738 1513.4–1529.8 | 2026-10-28 | INDEP. | snap_c6282b622816 |
| Legal Research Bench google/gemini-4-carbon · high · Source: Vals AI | 55.769 49.0–62.5 | 2026-11-03 | INDEP. | snap_vals_cb2ac5c62156 |
Rows marked Vals AI come from Vals AI's proprietary benchmarks, republished with permission. Each receipt links to the benchmark on Vals.
Where it sits in the succession
Crown intervals for this model are still empty.
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Coding | Not enough data | #1 on LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding); missing Terminal-Bench 4.0 and SWE-bench Pro V2 HARD |
Related pages
- General LLM
- Reasoning
- Coding
- Coding › Web dev
- Long context
- Factuality
- Legal
- Compare with the current leader in General LLM: Claude Opus 5.5
- Compare with the current leader in General LLM: Gemini 4 Argon
- Compare with the current leader in General LLM: Muse Wonder
- Compare with the current leader in Reasoning: Gemini 4 Argon
- Compare with the current leader in Reasoning: Claude Opus 5.5
- Compare with the current leader in Reasoning: Muse Wonder
- Compare with the current leader in Coding › Web dev: Claude Opus 5.5
- Compare with the current leader in Long context: Gemini 4 Argon
- Compare with the current leader in Long context: Claude Opus 5.5
- Compare with the current leader in Factuality: Claude Opus 5.5
- Compare with the current leader in Factuality: Gemini 4 Argon
- Compare with the current leader in Factuality: Muse Wonder
- Vals Index
- Legal Research Bench
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall)
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding)
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts)
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query)
- LMArena WebDev
- LMArena Text factuality
Is Gemini 4 Carbon SOTA?
As of Nov 3, 2026, Gemini 4 Carbon is leading, crown pending confirmation in General LLM (since Nov 3, 2026; sources Vals Index and LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).
What is Gemini 4 Carbon best at?
As of Nov 3, 2026, Gemini 4 Carbon is leading, crown pending confirmation in General LLM (since Nov 3, 2026; sources Vals Index and LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall)).
How does Gemini 4 Carbon rank in Coding?
As of Nov 3, 2026, Gemini 4 Carbon is short of the evidence for a rank in Coding (since Nov 3, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding); methodology v1.0).