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VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is GPT-5 state of the art?
Yes.SOTA in co-SOTA in Long context.

As of Oct 13, 2026, GPT-5 from OpenAI. SOTA in co-SOTA in Long context. GPT-5 is tied for SOTA in Long context with O3, Grok 4 0709, within the margin of error, since 2026-01-09.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 13, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: high
General LLMNot SOTA · #1#1 · 0dReasoningWas SOTA#20 · 330dReasoning · paretoNot SOTA · #20#20 · 0dMathWas SOTA#13 · 334dMath · paretoNot SOTA · #13#13 · 0dScienceNot SOTA · #64#64 · 0dCodingNear-SOTA#1 · 0dCoding · paretoPareto#1 · 0dCoding › AgenticNot SOTA · #17#17 · 0dCoding › Web devNot SOTA · #2#2 · 0d
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Why

The ruling, in plain English

Last listed at #1 in General LLM on 2025-11-20.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot
SourceScoreDateTypeReceipt
LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall)
gpt-5-high · high
1436.7322389496514 1432.2–1441.32025-11-20INDEP.snap_51142aff7bb5
Humanity's Last Exam
gpt-5-2025-08-07_unknown
0.2532 0.2–0.32025-08-07INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
GPQA Diamond
gpt-5-2025-08-07_high · high
0.8617424242424242 0.8–0.92025-08-07INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
Aider Polyglot
gpt-5-2025-08-07_medium · medium
86.72025-08-25INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
Terminal-Bench 2.0
gpt-5-2025-08-07_medium · medium
0.496 0.4–0.62025-11-04INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
LMArena WebDev
gpt-5-medium · medium
1393.586940081552 1381.2–1405.92026-02-06INDEP.snap_6c327280fd30
Fiction.liveBench 120k
gpt-5-2025-08-07_medium · medium
0.9692025-08-07INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
LMArena Vision (style-controlled)
gpt-5-high · high
1208.5862513561044 1200.0–1217.22025-11-20INDEP.snap_5ff3212b7c94
SimpleQA Verified
gpt-5-2025-08-07_high · high
0.501 0.5–0.52025-08-07INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
ARC-AGI
gpt-5-2025-08-07_high · high
0.65670000000000012025-08-07INDEP.snap_f9d8103e52c2
Reign history

Where it sits in the succession

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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
Long context
O1
ChatGPT 4O 01.29 2025
ChatGPT 4O 01.29 2025
Gemini 2.0 Flash 001
ChatGPT 4O 01.29 2025
Gemini 2.0 Flash 001
GPT-4.5 Preview
O3 Mini
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp 03.25
O3
O3 Mini
GPT-4.1 Mini
O3
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
O3
O3
DeepSeek R1
O3
Claude Sonnet 4
O3
O3
O1
O3
O4 Mini
Grok 4 0709
O1
O3
O4 Mini
Grok 4 0709
O3
GPT-4.1
Grok 4 0709
O3
Grok 4 0709
O3
Claude Opus 4
Grok 4 0709
O3
GPT-5
Grok 4 0709
O3
DeepSeek V3.1
GPT-5
Grok 4 0709
O3
GPT-5
Grok 4 0709
O3
GPT-4.5 Preview
GPT-5
Grok 4 0709
O3
GPT-5
Grok 4 0709
O3
Honest about the gaps

Where it is not the crown

CategoryThis modelWhy
General LLMNot SOTA · #1Last listed at #1 in General LLM on 2025-11-20.
ReasoningWas SOTAWas SOTA in Reasoning from 2025-11-17 to 2025-11-18. Currently ranked #20.
MathWas SOTAWas SOTA in Math from 2025-11-13 to 2025-11-24. Currently ranked #13.
ScienceNot SOTA · #64Last listed at #64 in Science on 2025-08-07. That board does not award a crown.
CodingNear-SOTAClose in Coding: rank #1, 0.0 percentile points behind the leader.
Coding › AgenticNot SOTA · #17Last listed at #17 in Coding › Agentic on 2025-11-04.
Coding › Web devNot SOTA · #2Last listed at #2 in Coding › Web dev on 2026-02-06.
VisionNot SOTA · #1Last listed at #1 in Vision on 2025-11-20.