What changed on the public AI leaderboards in the 15 November 2026 refresh of the thinQit Index, and what it means for the rankings.
What changed
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen gained 4.3 Index points (71.1 → 75.4) after new results: LMArena WebDev new at 1704.21.
Why it matters
LMArena WebDev feeds the Coding capability, which carries 25 % of the Index. The gap to #10 Seed 2.0 Pro is 1.1 Index points. Behind it, #12 GPT-6 Astra is 0.2 points back.
Also refreshed today: Gemini 4 Hydrogen: LMArena WebDev 1704.21.
The leaderboard today
| # | Model | Lab | Index | Δ day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 4 Carbon | 83.2 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | 82.0 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5.2 | Anthropic | 81.5 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 81.4 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Hy4 preview | Tencent | 79.9 | 0.0 |
| # | Model | Params | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hy4 preview | 780B (40B active) | 79.9 |
| 2 | Seed-2.0-Mini | — | 71.7 |
| 3 | GLM-5.3 | 753.3B (40B active) | 70.9 |
| 4 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | 304.2B (24B active) | 69.6 |
| 5 | Seed-2.0-Lite | — | 69.5 |
How we measure
The thinQit Index v1.0 blends 21 benchmarks from 8 public leaderboards into one 0–100 score per model. Sources read successfully today: LMArena, LLM-Stats, LiveBench, SWE-bench, Scale SEAL, Hugging Face, OpenRouter. Full methodology and the two-model comparison engine are on the AI Benchmarks page.
Frequently asked questions
How often is the thinQit Index updated?
Every day. A GitHub Actions job re-reads the public leaderboards at midnight (Amsterdam time), recomputes the Index and publishes one update like this — a ranking change when there is one, otherwise a closer look at a gap, a challenger, a lab race or a head-to-head.
Why does a model show a provisional score?
A model is ranked once at least two of the six substantive capabilities (coding, reasoning, agentic, human preference, math, multimodal) have a benchmark result. Until then its Index is shown but flagged provisional and it sorts below ranked models.
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