The leader, perhaps, but not by a large margin, and only on these sample benchmarks. "Co-state-of-the-art" is the term used in the article, and I'm going to take that at face value.
It significantly outperformed competitors on those benchmarks. Around as much as the deltas between some others, which are considered significant.
It significantly outperformed competitors on those benchmarks. Around as much as the deltas between some others, which are considered significant.