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AA-LCR

Artificial Analysis long-context reasoning.

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The best 15 · 43 models tested

Top 15 · best setting per model · 43 models, 74 results (74 independent)

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AA-LCR leaderboard
Thinking levelSetting
1Kimi K3Moonshot AI (Kimi)88.7%MaxKimi K3 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
2Step 5 PreviewStepFun88.3%DefaultStep 5 PreviewIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
3MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi MiMo86.3%DefaultMiMo-V2.6-ProIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
4Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic85.3%MaxClaude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
5Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic84.7%MaxClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
6Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)84.0%MediumGemini 3.8 Flash (Medium)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
7DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek84.0%MaxDeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
8GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI84.0%LowGPT-6.1 Sol (Low)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
9GPT-6 SolOpenAI83.7%HighGPT-6 Sol (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
10Muse Glimmer 30BMeta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)83.3%HighMuse Glimmer (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
11GPT-6 LunaOpenAI83.3%MaxGPT-6 Luna (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
12MiniMax M3MiniMax83.0%DefaultMiniMax-M3Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
13Muse Spark 1.3Meta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)83.0%MaxMuse Spark 1.3 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
14GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI83.0%MaxGPT-5.6 Terra (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
15Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic82.7%MaxClaude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
16Qwen3.8 27BQwen (Alibaba)82.0%Extra highQwen3.8 27B (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
17Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview)Google (Gemini / DeepMind)82.0%DefaultGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
18DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek81.3%MaxDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
19GPT-6 AstraOpenAI80.7%MaxGPT-6 Astra (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
20DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813)DeepSeek80.3%MaxDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
21Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (open weights)Qwen (Alibaba)80.3%DefaultQwen3.8 2.4T A95BIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
22Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen (Alibaba)80.3%DefaultQwen3.8 Max (0902)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
23GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai (Zhipu)80.0%DefaultGLM 5.3 FlashIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
24Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQwen (Alibaba)79.7%DefaultQwen3.8-Flash-NextIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
25GLM-5.3Z.ai (Zhipu)79.7%MaxGLM-5.3 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
26Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)79.7%HighGemini 4 Argon (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
27Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA79.3%DefaultNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
28Hy3Tencent Hunyuan79.0%DefaultHy3Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
29InklingThinking Machines Lab77.3%Extra highInkling (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
30Grok 4.7SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)77.0%HighGrok 4.7 (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
31MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi MiMo74.3%DefaultMiMo-V2.6-FlashIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
32Qwen3.7 PlusQwen (Alibaba)73.0%DefaultQwen3.7 PlusIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
33Qwen3.6 35B A3BQwen (Alibaba)71.7%DefaultQwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
34Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)69.7%DefaultGemma 4 31B (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
35Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI69.3%DefaultMistral Medium 3.5Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
36Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12BNVIDIA65.7%DefaultNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
37Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3BNVIDIA60.3%DefaultNemotron 3.5 LightningIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
38Command A+Cohere52.7%DefaultCommand A+Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
39gpt-oss-120bOpenAI52.0%Highgpt-oss-120b (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
40Mistral Small 4Mistral AI49.7%HighMistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
41Granite 4.2 8BIBM Granite45.0%DefaultGranite 4.2 8BIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
42gpt-oss-20bOpenAI34.7%Highgpt-oss-20b (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
43Ministral 3 14BMistral AI26.3%DefaultMinistral 3 14BIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026