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Tests explained · People's votes

People's votes overall

People compared two anonymous answers to all kinds of questions and picked the better one.

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LMArena

How to read it

A rating from thousands of head-to-head votes. Higher means people preferred its answers more often. The thin line is the likely range.

Used for

1 task on this site.

How the models did

Rating from blind votes · Higher is better

Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Fable 5.1 are neck and neck at the top, followed by Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.1 Pro.

Claude Opus 5.5 · Anthropic1st
Claude Fable 5.1 · Anthropic2nd
Gemini 3.8 Flash · Google DeepMind3rd
Gemini 3.1 Pro · Google DeepMind4th
Gemini 3.6 Flash · Google DeepMind5th
Kimi K3 · Moonshot AI6th
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · DeepSeek7th
GPT-5.6 Sol · OpenAI8th
DeepSeek V4 Pro · DeepSeek9th
GPT-6 Astra · OpenAI10th
Claude Sonnet 5 · Anthropic11th
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · Google DeepMind12th
GPT-5.6 Luna · OpenAI13th
Claude Haiku 4.5 · Anthropic14th
GPT-6 Luna · OpenAINot tested yet
GPT-6 Sol · OpenAINot tested yet
Source: LMArena · votes as of 25 Sept 2026

Where we use it

Each task page labels this test by how closely it matches the task.

TaskHow close
Best AI for planning and personal adminGeneral ability
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