October 2026 AI ranking

Gemini leads with an Elo of 1525, 20 points ahead of Claude. Per model family, the best-scoring variant on LMArena counts.

What changed since September 2026

Compared with the position of 30 September 2026. Shifts under 5 Elo fall within the margin of measurement.

Risers this month

Gemini1492 → 1525▲ 33 Elo

Fallers this month

Nobody outside the margin of error.

No longer in the ranking

Measured last month, not on LMArena this month.

LlamaMeta

Without measurement on 28 October 2026

The official ranking was not reachable, and the shorter fallback list does not name these families. They still appear on LMArena, but not in this standing.

Le Chat (Mistral)Mistral AI

GrokxAI

DeepSeekDeepSeek

In five points

Gemini tops the ranking with Elo 1525, 20 points ahead of Claude.
Biggest riser: Gemini, +33 Elo (from 1492 to 1525).
No single model fell more than 5 Elo.
6 model families in the ranking; between number 1 and the last there is 47 Elo.
No new names in the ranking. No longer measured on LMArena: Llama. Not measured as of 28 October 2026 (official ranking unreachable, so not in this snapshot): Le Chat (Mistral), Grok, DeepSeek.

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Height: Elo, scale 1458 to 1525