⌕Is ___ SOTA?
Computed automatically· 17 categories · 130 models in this snapshot · verified Oct 13, 2026

Is it state of the art?

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IsSOTA?
Try: Gemini 4 ArgonClaude Opus 5.5GPT-6 AstraGemini 3.1 Pro Preview best open model for coding
Current crowns · Oct 13, 2026

Who is SOTA right now

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OverallOpen weights≤ 32BBest per $
General LLM
G
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon is SOTA in General LLM since 2026-10-02. No eligible…11d reign
ReasoningCO-SOTA
AGO
Claude Opus 5.5 & Gemini 4 Argon & GPT-6 Astra
Claude Opus 5.5 is co-SOTA in Reasoning with low confidence because…13d reign
MathCO-SOTA
GOM
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview & GPT-5.4 Pro & Muse Spark
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is tied for SOTA in Math with GPT-5.4 Pro, Muse…180d reign
CodingCO-SOTA
AA
Claude Opus 5.5 & Claude Sonnet 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 is tied for SOTA in Coding with Claude Sonnet 5.5,…7d reign
Coding › AgenticCO-SOTA
AA
Claude Opus 5.5 & Claude Sonnet 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 is tied for SOTA in Coding › Agentic with Claude…7d reign
Coding › Web dev
A
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 is SOTA in Coding › Web dev since 2026-09-29. No…14d reign
Long contextCO-SOTA
OxO
GPT-5 & Grok 4 0709 & O3
GPT-5 is tied for SOTA in Long context with O3, Grok 4 0709, within…296d reign
VisionCO-SOTA
OO
GPT-5.6 Sol & GPT-6 Astra
GPT-5.6 Sol is tied for SOTA in Vision with GPT-6 Astra, within the…34d reign
Image generation
O
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is SOTA in Image generation since 2026-09-24.…19d reign
Image edit
O
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is SOTA in Image edit since 2026-09-22. No…21d reign
Video generation
G
Veo 3
Veo 3 is SOTA in Video generation since 2025-08-07. No eligible model…432d reign
FactualityCO-SOTA
AAG
Claude Fable 5.1 & Claude Opus 5.5 & Gemini 4 Argon
Claude Fable 5.1 is tied for SOTA in Factuality with Gemini 4 Argon,…11d reign
EmbeddingsCO-SOTA
MSQTE
Microsoft Harrier Oss V1 27B & Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 8B & Tencent Kalm Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511
Microsoft Harrier Oss V1 27B is tied for SOTA in Embeddings with Qwen…195d reign

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Coding: Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5 are co-SOTACoding: GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash are co-SOTACoding › Agentic: Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5 are co-SOTACoding › Agentic: GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash are co-SOTAGeneral LLM: Gemini 4 Argon takes the crownFactuality: Gemini 4 Argon and Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Fable 5.1 are co-SOTA
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