Best overall chat model
Head-to-head human preference across everyday prompts. The closest thing there is to a general ranking.
Right now
Gemini 4 Argon (High) from Google currently ranks first for general questions, writing, reasoning, ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 (High) from Anthropic. The ranking comes from LMArena and was last published 2026-10-15.
- Leader
- Gemini 4 Argon (High)
- Made by
- Score
- 1532
- Source
- LMArena
Full ranking
| Rank# | Model | Made by | Arena score | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 4 Argon (High) | 1,532 | 4,904 | |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5.5 (High) | Anthropic | 1,516 | 8,300 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) | Anthropic | 1,512 | 14,590 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 5 (Max) | Anthropic | 1,508 | 32,495 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5 (High) | Anthropic | 1,503 | 66,824 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6 (High) | Anthropic | 1,502 | 81,394 |
| 7 | Muse Wonder (Max) | Meta | 1,501 | 3,247 |
| 8 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) | 1,499 | 37,454 | |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | 1,498 | 86,071 |
| 10 | Claude Fable 5 (High) | Anthropic | 1,491 | 42,004 |
| 11 | Mimo V2.6 Pro Open | Xiaomi | 1,491 | 4,075 |
| 12 | Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) | Meta | 1,490 | 17,561 |
| 13 | Claude Opus 4.7 (High) | Anthropic | 1,490 | 65,116 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (High) | 1,487 | 27,232 | |
| 15 | Muse Spark 1.2 (xHigh) | Meta | 1,484 | 8,248 |
| 16 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | 1,483 | 66,216 |
| 17 | Qwen3.8 Max | Alibaba | 1,483 | 27,766 |
| 18 | Gemini 3.5 Flash High | 1,482 | 48,486 | |
| 19 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 1,480 | 127,649 | |
| 20 | Gemini 3 Pro | 1,479 | 42,072 | |
| 21 | Gemini 3.6 Flash High | 1,479 | 36,122 | |
| 22 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Meta | 1,478 | 42,810 |
| 23 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Medium | 1,477 | 47,292 | |
| 24 | Qwen3.7 Max Preview | Alibaba | 1,475 | 3,934 |
| 25 | Kimi K3 (Max) Open | Moonshot AI | 1,475 | 32,795 |
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