# Arena: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/arena

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 0% | 134 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "One current buyer's guide specifically recommends excluding Arena rankings from business cases." (Perplexity Sonar, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Leave Arena (formerly LMArena) rankings out of procurement documents entirely." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compensation benchmarkin)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Arena, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aimultiple.com: 2
- beri.net: 2
- cmswire.com: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2
- kaushik.net: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- techradar.com: 2
- trustpilot.com: 2
- aerospike.com: 1
- am.gs.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/web-scraping-ethics: 2
- https://beri.net/article/vendor-ai-benchmark-claims-buyers-guide-independent-evals-contamination-50-task-replication: 2
- https://cmswire.com/digital-marketing/the-many-pitfalls-of-digital-marketing-benchmarks: 2
- https://kaushik.net/avinash/benchmarking-digital-analytics-performance-metrics: 2
- https://techradar.com/best/best-benchmarks-software: 2
- https://trustpilot.com/review/www.userbenchmark.com: 2
- https://aerospike.com/blog/best-practices-for-database-benchmarking: 1
- https://am.gs.com/en-nl/advisors/insights/article/2026/how-controversies-impact-corporate-bond-returns: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.