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VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is GPT-5.4 Mini state of the art?
No.Best recorded rank is #5 in General LLM.

As of Oct 13, 2026, GPT-5.4 Mini from OpenAI. Best recorded rank is #5 in General LLM. Last listed at #5 in General LLM on 2026-03-18.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 13, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: low
General LLMNot SOTA · #5#5 · 0dReasoningNot SOTA · #6#6 · 0dScienceNot SOTA · #62#62 · 0dVisionNot SOTA · #7#7 · 0dFactualityNot SOTA · #63#63 · 0dAbstraction (ARC)Not SOTA · #47#47 · 0d
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Why

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Last listed at #5 in General LLM on 2026-03-18.

Receipts

Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot
SourceScoreDateTypeReceipt
LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall)
gpt-5.4-mini-high · high
1471.7515054165244 1451.7–1491.82026-03-18INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts)
gpt-5.4-mini-high · high
1497.5340111531889 1470.5–1524.62026-03-18INDEP.snap_9a4e972507c9
GPQA Diamond
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17_xhigh · xhigh
0.8686868686868687 0.8–0.92026-03-17INDEP.snap_e03cddec1fbb
LMArena Vision (style-controlled)
gpt-5.4-mini-high · high
1248.2826629006336 1236.5–1260.12026-04-14INDEP.snap_ae2e1c2545e6
SimpleQA Verified
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17_high · high
0.294 0.3–0.32026-03-17INDEP.snap_e03cddec1fbb
ARC-AGI
gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17_xhigh · xhigh
0.63672026-03-17INDEP.snap_e03cddec1fbb
Reign history

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Where it is not the crown

CategoryThis modelWhy
General LLMNot SOTA · #5Last listed at #5 in General LLM on 2026-03-18.
ReasoningNot SOTA · #6Last listed at #6 in Reasoning on 2026-03-18.
ScienceNot SOTA · #62Last listed at #62 in Science on 2026-03-17. That board does not award a crown.
VisionNot SOTA · #7Last listed at #7 in Vision on 2026-04-14.
FactualityNot SOTA · #63Last listed at #63 in Factuality on 2026-03-17.
Abstraction (ARC)Not SOTA · #47Last listed at #47 in Abstraction (ARC) on 2026-03-17. That board does not award a crown.