Arena Weekly: Gemini 4 Tops Text Leaderboard, GPT-6.1 Terra Boosts Cost Efficiency
This week's Arena leaderboard shows Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Carbon (High) ranking #1 in Text, #2 in Agent, and #4 in Code WebDev, reshaping the Pareto frontier. OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) entered the Agent Arena at #8 with a +10.6% net improvement at $0.62 median cost per task, significantly enhancing price efficiency. Additionally, Microsoft's MAI-Image-2.7-Preview debuted at #3 in Single Image Edit, and Arena introduced Connectors for combining tools in Agent Mode.
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Arena.ai (@arena) · 2026-10-30 18
This Week in the Arena: Gemini is back, and Terra got even more efficient.
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Gemini 4 Carbon (High) by @GoogleDeepmind landed #1 in Text Arena, #2 in Agent Arena, and #4 in Code Arena: WebDev. It reshaped the Pareto frontier across all three arenas. See first impressions from @petergostev in thread below.
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GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) by @OpenAI entered Agent Arena at #8 with +10.6% net improvement at $0.62 median cost per task, reshaping the Pareto frontier and offering price efficiency.
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MAI-Image-2.7-Preview by @MicrosoftAI debuted in the Single Image Edit Arena at #3, +45 pts above its previous variant 2.6 at #6.
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We introduced Connectors to Agent Mode. Our global community of users can combine tools like Vercel, Linear, GitHub, and more in a single task to complete more complex workflows from start to finish. Details in the thread.