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Line chart tracking how leading AI model families moved through Arena's crowd-ranked Text Leaderboard from 2024 to July 2026.
| Claude 3.5 -> Fable 5 | May 2024: #4 | Aug 2024: #2 | Nov 2024: #1 | Feb 2025: #2 | May 2025: #2 | Aug 2025: #2 | Dec 2025: #2 | Apr 2026: #1 | Jul 2026: #1 |
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| Gemini 1.5 -> 3 Pro | May 2024: #5 | Aug 2024: #4 | Nov 2024: #2 | Feb 2025: #1 | May 2025: #1 | Aug 2025: #1 | Dec 2025: #1 | Apr 2026: #2 | Jul 2026: #8 |
| GPT 4o -> GPT-5.6 Sol | May 2024: #1 | Aug 2024: #1 | Nov 2024: #3 | Feb 2025: #4 | May 2025: #3 | Aug 2025: #4 | Dec 2025: #4 | Apr 2026: #5 | Jul 2026: #10 |
| DeepSeek R1 -> V4 Pro | May 2024: Not ranked | Aug 2024: Not ranked | Nov 2024: Not ranked | Feb 2025: #3 | May 2025: #4 | Aug 2025: #3 | Dec 2025: #5 | Apr 2026: #6 | Jul 2026: Not ranked |
| Grok 2 -> 4.20 | May 2024: Not ranked | Aug 2024: Not ranked | Nov 2024: #7 | Feb 2025: #6 | May 2025: #5 | Aug 2025: #5 | Dec 2025: #3 | Apr 2026: #4 | Jul 2026: Not ranked |
| Llama 3 -> 4 | May 2024: #5 | Aug 2024: #5 | Nov 2024: #6 | Feb 2025: #5 | May 2025: #6 | Aug 2025: #6 | Dec 2025: #6 | Apr 2026: #7 | Jul 2026: Not ranked |
Source: Arena Text Leaderboard. Latest snapshot dated July 16, 2026.