Recap · 2026-02
AI leaderboard changes February 2026
As of Feb 19, 2026, 6 confirmed crown changes are recorded for February 2026.
Crowns
Confirmed crown changes
- Feb 19, 2026. Coding › Web dev: GLM 5 and Minimax M2 5 and GLM 4.7 and Kimi K2 5 Thinking are co-SOTA. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. GLM 5Minimax M2 5GLM 4.7Kimi K2 5 Thinking · Coding › Web dev
- Feb 10, 2026. General LLM: Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview are co-SOTA. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. Claude Opus 4.6Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · General LLM
- Feb 9, 2026. Reasoning: Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview are co-SOTA. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. Claude Opus 4.6Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · Reasoning
- Feb 9, 2026. Long context: Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview are co-SOTA. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. Claude Opus 4.6Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · Long context
- Feb 9, 2026. Coding › Web dev: Claude Opus 4.6 takes the crown. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. Claude Opus 4.6 · Coding › Web dev
- Feb 6, 2026. Coding › Web dev: Kimi K2 5 Thinking and GLM 4.7 are co-SOTA. Crown change confirmed by two consecutive snapshots or two independent primary sources. Kimi K2 5 ThinkingGLM 4.7 · Coding › Web dev
Top 3
Models that entered the top 3
- Claude Opus 4.6 at #1 in General LLM
- Claude Opus 4.6 at #1 in Reasoning
- Claude Opus 4.6 at #1 in Coding › Web dev
- Claude Opus 4.6 at #1 in Long context
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview at #1 in General LLM
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview at #1 in Reasoning
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview at #1 in Long context
Benchmarks
Benchmarks added or saturated
Benchmark additions for this month are still empty.