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
Google
Score
1532
Source
LMArena

Full ranking Human head-to-head preference votes, Bradley-Terry rating.

Rank# Model Made by Arena score Votes
1 Gemini 4 Argon (High) Google 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) Google 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) Google 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 Google 1,482 48,486
19 Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google 1,480 127,649
20 Gemini 3 Pro Google 1,479 42,072
21 Gemini 3.6 Flash High Google 1,479 36,122
22 Muse Spark 1.1 Meta 1,478 42,810
23 Gemini 3.5 Flash Medium Google 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

Published by LMArena on 2026-10-15 · copied here · no adjustment applied

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