State of the AI Race · 01 / 13
The archive opens with OpenAI ahead
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1274.2. 3 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
Interactive race archive · 11 selected snapshots
Replay the leaders of the AI race.
Step through 11 selected LMArena snapshots from May 2023 to August 2025. Because LMArena changed its scoring methods during this period, this history is shown separately from the current single-source LMArena rating.
01 / 13 · archive ·
The archive opens with OpenAI ahead
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1274.2. 3 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
Chatbot Arena archive
Sampled provider frontier ratings, May 2023 to August 2025
Meta highlighted. 827 to 1288 published rating; sampled peak 1396.
Line ends, top to bottom:Google 1466Mistral 1433xAI 1431OpenAI 1429DeepSeek 1424Anthropic 1417Meta 1288
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archive ·
The archive opens with OpenAI ahead
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1274.2. 3 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. OpenAI 1274.2 · 2. Anthropic 1224.7 · 3. Meta 827.0
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
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Anthropic leads as Google enters
Anthropic has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1200.7. 4 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. Anthropic 1200.7 · 2. OpenAI 1184.9 · 3. Google 989.0 · 4. Meta 865.2
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
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Anthropic holds the sampled lead
Anthropic has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1203.7. 5 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. Anthropic 1203.7 · 2. OpenAI 1149.6 · 3. Meta 1029.3 · 4. Mistral 1014.0 · 5. Google 977.0
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
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OpenAI returns to the sampled lead
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1228.3. 5 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. OpenAI 1228.3 · 2. Anthropic 1085.4 · 3. Google 1073.0 · 4. Mistral 1068.3 · 5. Meta 1027.2
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
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OpenAI leads as DeepSeek enters
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1211.4. 6 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. OpenAI 1211.4 · 2. Anthropic 1130.3 · 3. Google 1096.5 · 4. Mistral 1080.7 · 5. Meta 1024.6 · 6. DeepSeek 1008.0
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
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OpenAI leads a closer sampled field
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1286.7. 6 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. OpenAI 1286.7 · 2. Google 1267.1 · 3. Anthropic 1248.4 · 4. Meta 1207.2 · 5. DeepSeek 1179.0 · 6. Mistral 1156.9
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
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OpenAI leads as xAI enters
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1316.2. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. OpenAI 1316.2 · 2. Google 1300.9 · 3. xAI 1294.8 · 4. Anthropic 1270.1 · 5. Meta 1266.2 · 6. Mistral 1249.8 · 7. DeepSeek 1219.2
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
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OpenAI remains first in the sample
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1361.3. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. OpenAI 1361.3 · 2. Google 1343.3 · 3. xAI 1289.1 · 4. Anthropic 1282.6 · 5. Meta 1267.2 · 6. DeepSeek 1257.5 · 7. Mistral 1251.4
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
archive ·
Google takes the sampled lead
Google has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1383.8. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. Google 1383.8 · 2. OpenAI 1365.3 · 3. DeepSeek 1361.4 · 4. xAI 1287.7 · 5. Anthropic 1283.2 · 6. Meta 1268.0 · 7. Mistral 1251.6
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
archive ·
Google leads as Meta reaches its sampled peak
Google has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1446.0. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. Google 1446.0 · 2. OpenAI 1409.1 · 3. xAI 1399.4 · 4. Meta 1395.9 · 5. DeepSeek 1368.5 · 6. Mistral 1339.0 · 7. Anthropic 1296.5
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
archive ·
Google leads the final archive sample
Google has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1466.2. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
1. Google 1466.2 · 2. Mistral 1433.4 · 3. xAI 1430.5 · 4. OpenAI 1429.4 · 5. DeepSeek 1424.4 · 6. Anthropic 1416.6 · 7. Meta 1288.0
Source: LMArena legacy artifact
break ·
The historical line stops here
The selected snapshots cross LMArena rating-method changes, including Bradley-Terry, style control, and frequency reweighting. Endpoint differences are not normalized like-for-like performance changes. The July 2026 table measures something different, so we never draw a line or calculate change across this boundary.
Source: LMArena current dataset
current ·
Anthropic leads the current field
Anthropic has the highest provider-frontier point estimate in the separately reported LMArena text style control overall snapshot at 1507.5. This is not a continuation of the historical series.
1. Anthropic 1507.5 · 2. Meta 1491.6 · 3. Google 1485.9 · 4. OpenAI 1484.6 · 5. xAI 1474.4 · 6. DeepSeek 1457.1 · 7. Mistral 1427.2
Source: LMArena July 2026 artifact
State of the AI Race · 02 / 13
Anthropic leads as Google enters
Anthropic has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1200.7. 4 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 03 / 13
Anthropic holds the sampled lead
Anthropic has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1203.7. 5 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 04 / 13
OpenAI returns to the sampled lead
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1228.3. 5 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 05 / 13
OpenAI leads as DeepSeek enters
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1211.4. 6 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 06 / 13
OpenAI leads a closer sampled field
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1286.7. 6 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 07 / 13
OpenAI leads as xAI enters
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1316.2. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 08 / 13
OpenAI remains first in the sample
OpenAI has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1361.3. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 09 / 13
Google takes the sampled lead
Google has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1383.8. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 10 / 13
Google leads as Meta reaches its sampled peak
Google has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1446.0. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 11 / 13
Google leads the final archive sample
Google has the highest provider-frontier rating in this selected artifact at 1466.2. 7 providers are represented; missing observations remain missing.
State of the AI Race · 12 / 13
The historical line stops here
The selected snapshots cross LMArena rating-method changes, including Bradley-Terry, style control, and frequency reweighting. Endpoint differences are not normalized like-for-like performance changes. The July 2026 table measures something different, so we never draw a line or calculate change across this boundary.
State of the AI Race · 13 / 13
Anthropic leads the current field
Anthropic has the highest provider-frontier point estimate in the separately reported LMArena text style control overall snapshot at 1507.5. This is not a continuation of the historical series.
Coverage period
This archive ends August 29, 2025.
Use the current leaderboard for the separately reported July 12, 2026 LMArena rating. Neither view represents a consensus across research organizations.