VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is Qwen3 235B A22b Instruct 2507 state of the art?
It used to be.Was SOTA in General LLM.
As of Oct 14, 2026, Qwen3 235B A22b Instruct 2507 from Alibaba / Qwen. Was SOTA in General LLM. Was SOTA in Reasoning from 2025-08-18 to 2025-09-08.
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Last listed at #7 in General LLM on 2025-09-18.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 | 1419.0603462275496 1413.7–1424.5 | 2025-09-18 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 | 1431.3995832106466 1419.0–1443.8 | 2025-11-16 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding) qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 | 1469.54951007426 1460.8–1478.3 | 2025-10-17 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 | 1420.1124427767702 1414.7–1425.5 | 2025-09-18 | INDEP. | snap_9a4e972507c9 |
| ARC-AGI Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 | 0.11 | 2025-07-25 | INDEP. | snap_e03cddec1fbb |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
Reasoning
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
O1 Mini
O1 Preview
O1 Preview
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
O1 Preview
O1
O1 Preview
DeepSeek R1
O1
DeepSeek R1
O1
O3 Mini
DeepSeek R1
O1
DeepSeek R1
GPT-4.5 Preview
O1
DeepSeek R1
GPT-4.5 Preview
DeepSeek R1
DeepSeek V3 0324
GPT-4.5 Preview
O3
Claude Opus 4
O3
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro
O3
Gemini 2.5 Pro
O3
Qwen3 235B A22b Instruct 2507
Claude Opus 4.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro
GPT-5
Qwen3 235B A22b Instruct 2507
Claude Opus 4.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro
GPT-5
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro
Claude Opus 4.5
Gemini 3 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6
Muse Spark
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 5
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 5
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
Claude Opus 5.5
Gemini 4 Argon
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | Not SOTA · #7 | Last listed at #7 in General LLM on 2025-09-18. |
| Reasoning | Was SOTA | Was SOTA in Reasoning from 2025-08-18 to 2025-09-08. |
| Math | Not SOTA · #7 | Last listed at #7 in Math on 2025-11-16. |
| Coding | Not SOTA · #4 | Last listed at #4 in Coding on 2025-10-17. |
| Long context | Not SOTA · #7 | Last listed at #7 in Long context on 2025-09-18. |
| Abstraction (ARC) | Not SOTA · #100 | Last listed at #100 in Abstraction (ARC) on 2025-07-25. That board does not award a crown. |