Recap · 2026-01
AI leaderboard changes January 2026
As of Jan 29, 2026, 5 confirmed crown changes are recorded for January 2026.
Crowns
Confirmed crown changes
- Jan 29, 2026. Long context: Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 Pro and Claude Sonnet 4.5 are co-SOTA. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. Claude Opus 4.5Gemini 3 ProClaude Sonnet 4.5 · Long context
- Jan 29, 2026. Coding › Web dev: GLM 4.7 takes the crown. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. GLM 4.7 · Coding › Web dev
- Jan 9, 2026. Image edit: Qwen Image Edit 2511 takes the crown. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. Qwen Image Edit 2511 · Image edit
- Jan 9, 2026. Image edit: Qwen Image Edit 2511 takes the crown. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. Qwen Image Edit 2511 · Image edit
- Jan 9, 2026. Coding › Web dev: GLM 4.7 and Minimax M2 1 Preview are co-SOTA. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. GLM 4.7Minimax M2 1 Preview · Coding › Web dev
Top 3
Models that entered the top 3
- Claude Opus 4.5 at #1 in Long context
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 at #1 in Long context
- Gemini 3 Pro at #1 in Long context
- Qwen Image Edit 2511 at #1 in Image edit
Benchmarks
Benchmarks added or saturated
Benchmark additions for this month are still empty.