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VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is GPT-4.1 state of the art?
It used to be.Was SOTA in Long context.

As of Oct 13, 2026, GPT-4.1 from OpenAI. Was SOTA in Long context. Was SOTA in Long context from 2025-05-11 to 2025-05-20.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 13, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: medium
General LLMNot SOTA · #8#8 · 0dReasoningNot SOTA · #8#8 · 0dMathNot SOTA · #38#38 · 0dMath · paretoNot SOTA · #38#38 · 0dScienceNot SOTA · #118#118 · 0dCodingNot SOTA · #7#7 · 0dLong contextWas SOTAWAS_SOTA · 520dVisionNot SOTA · #7#7 · 0dFactualityNot SOTA · #60#60 · 0dAbstraction (ARC)Not SOTA · #103#103 · 0d
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The ruling, in plain English

Last listed at #8 in General LLM on 2025-07-28.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot
SourceScoreDateTypeReceipt
LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall)
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
1407.0174823991565 1400.7–1413.32025-07-28INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts)
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
1423.0499586826077 1415.7–1430.42025-08-01INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
Humanity's Last Exam
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
0.054000000000000006 0.0–0.12025-04-14INDEP.snap_e03cddec1fbb
GPQA Diamond
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
0.6691919191919192 0.6–0.72025-04-14INDEP.snap_e03cddec1fbb
LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding)
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
1441.1468510458387 1431.1–1451.22025-07-28INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
LMArena Vision (style-controlled)
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
1214.6237149481049 1207.6–1221.72026-01-09INDEP.snap_ae2e1c2545e6
SimpleQA Verified
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
0.311 0.3–0.32025-04-14INDEP.snap_e03cddec1fbb
ARC-AGI
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
0.0552025-04-14INDEP.snap_e03cddec1fbb
Reign history

Where it sits in the succession

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Long context
O1
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
O1
O1 Preview
DeepSeek R1
Gemini 2.0 Flash 001
O1
DeepSeek R1
O1
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
GPT-4.5 Preview
GPT-4.5 Preview
DeepSeek V3 0324
GPT-4.5 Preview
DeepSeek V3 0324
GPT-4.1
GPT-4.5 Preview
DeepSeek V3 0324
GPT-4.1
GPT-4.5 Preview
O3
O3
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
O3
Claude Opus 4.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro
GPT-5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
GPT-5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
GPT-4.5 Preview
Claude Sonnet 4.5
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 3 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Claude Opus 4.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Claude Opus 4.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GLM 5.1
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
GPT-5.5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
GPT-5.5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Kimi K3
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 5
Kimi K3
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 5
Muse Spark 1.2
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5.1
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Claude Opus 5.5
Gemini 4 Argon
Honest about the gaps

Where it is not the crown

CategoryThis modelWhy
General LLMNot SOTA · #8Last listed at #8 in General LLM on 2025-07-28.
ReasoningNot SOTA · #8Last listed at #8 in Reasoning on 2025-08-01.
MathNot SOTA · #38Ranked #38 in Math.
ScienceNot SOTA · #118Last listed at #118 in Science on 2025-04-14. That board does not award a crown.
CodingNot SOTA · #7Last listed at #7 in Coding on 2025-07-28.
Long contextWas SOTAWas SOTA in Long context from 2025-05-11 to 2025-05-20.
VisionNot SOTA · #7Last listed at #7 in Vision on 2026-01-09.
FactualityNot SOTA · #60Last listed at #60 in Factuality on 2025-04-14.