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LMArena Text - Coding category

Crowd-voted Elo (style-controlled) restricted to coding prompts in the text arena.

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The best 15 · 23 models tested

Top 15 · best setting per model · 23 models, 28 results (28 independent)

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LMArena Text - Coding category leaderboard
Thinking levelSetting
1Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)1559Highgemini-4-argon-highIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
2Claude Fable 5Anthropic1552Highclaude-fable-5-highIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
3Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic1551Highclaude-opus-4-6-highIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
4Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic1551Highclaude-opus-4-7-highIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
5Kimi K3Moonshot AI (Kimi)1541Maxkimi-k3-maxIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
6MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi MiMo1540Defaultmimo-v2.6-proIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
7GPT-6 AstraOpenAI1539Maxgpt-6-astra-maxIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
8Muse Spark 1.3Meta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)1539Maxmuse-spark-1.3-maxIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
9Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic1538Highclaude-opus-5.5-highIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
10Muse Spark 1.2Meta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)1535Extra highmuse-spark-1.2 (xHigh)Independent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
11Muse Spark 1.1Meta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)1534Defaultmuse-spark-1.1Independent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
12GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI1534Extra highgpt-5.6-sol-xhighIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
13Claude Opus 5Anthropic1534Highclaude-opus-5-highIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
14Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic1533Highclaude-opus-4-8-highIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
15Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic1533Maxclaude-fable-5.1-maxIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
16Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)1531Highgemini-3.8-flash-highIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
17Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic1531Highclaude-opus-4-5-20251101-high-32kIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
18Muse SparkMeta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)1530Defaultmuse-sparkIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
19DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek1529Maxdeepseek-v4.1-flash-maxIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
20Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic1529Defaultclaude-sonnet-4-6Independent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
21Qwen3.7 MaxQwen (Alibaba)1524Defaultqwen3.7-max-previewIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
22GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai (Zhipu)1523Defaultglm-5.3-flashIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026
23GPT-6 SolOpenAI1523Maxgpt-6-sol-maxIndependent testIndependentLMArena ↗—30 Sep 2026