VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is Step 5 Preview state of the art?
No.Best current rank is #30 in Coding › Web dev.
As of Oct 14, 2026, Step 5 Preview from stepfun. Best current rank is #30 in Coding › Web dev. Ranked #30 in Coding › Web dev.
General LLM#60 in this category#60 · 0dGeneral LLM · pareto#77 in this category#77 · 0dReasoning#49 in this category#49 · 0dReasoning · pareto#63 in this category#63 · 0dMathNot enough dataINSUFFICIENT_DATA · 0dCodingNot enough dataINSUFFICIENT_DATA · 0dCoding › Web dev#30 in this category#30 · 0dCoding › Web dev · pareto#33 in this category#33 · 0dLong context#55 in this category#55 · 0dLong context · pareto#68 in this category#68 · 0d
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Ranked #60 in General LLM.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) Step 5 Preview | 1445.8324979699169 1438.0–1453.7 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) Step 5 Preview | 1476.330376117158 1466.7–1485.9 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) Step 5 Preview | 1471.2363232887524 1439.1–1503.4 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding) Step 5 Preview | 1503.8880393342597 1489.1–1518.7 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| LMArena WebDev step-5-preview-high · high | 1563.718886925814 1553.2–1574.2 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_c2cbd1c7f35e |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) Step 5 Preview | 1459.0802283089226 1447.3–1470.8 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_7d2d37f2ecb4 |
| LMArena Vision (style-controlled) Step 5 Preview | 1250.2500917620089 1232.1–1268.4 | 2026-10-09 | INDEP. | snap_44d0155ee751 |
| LMArena Text factuality Step 5 Preview | 1445.9359682407883 1439.1–1452.7 | 2026-10-13 | INDEP. | snap_af980e7d8ae9 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
No closed or open crown interval includes this model.
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #60 in this category | Ranked #60 in General LLM. |
| Reasoning | #49 in this category | Ranked #49 in Reasoning. |
| Math | Not enough data | #38 on LMArena Text (style-controlled, math); missing Humanity's Last Exam and FrontierMath |
| Coding | Not enough data | #49 on LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding); missing Terminal-Bench 4.0 and SWE-bench Pro V2 HARD |
| Coding › Web dev | #30 in this category | Ranked #30 in Coding › Web dev. |
| Long context | #55 in this category | Ranked #55 in Long context. |
| Vision | Not enough data | #41 on LMArena Vision (style-controlled); missing GDP.pdf |
| Factuality | #57 in this category | Ranked #57 in Factuality. |