Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 54.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic

54.6

Rank #29 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 8 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Claude Sonnet 5 leads 55.6 to 43.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Blueprint-Bench 2: 24.9% for Claude Sonnet 5 and 54.4% for Gemini 4 Argon.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
ProviderAnthropicGoogle
Noometry Index54.656.5
Released2026-06-292026-09-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked5121

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#26), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev15411678
SciCode54.3%61.8%
LMArena Coding14831550
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.7%—
CursorBench34.1%—
FrontierSWE—55%
GSO37.3%—
WeirdML68.8%—
ALE-Bench1,463—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.8 (#18), Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents54.5%82.2%
Vending-Bench 26,37813,718
GBAEval65.3%—
LMArena Search1194—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 49.1 (#39), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
CritPt16.9%27.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611548
SimpleBench60.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)75.1%—
Chess Puzzles35%—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench92.5%—
LMCA50%—
Surface Evolver Bench60%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.21—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 66.2 (#27), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
ProofBench77%99%
LMArena Math14671536
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)65.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.7%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.6 (#47), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert14901553
GPQA Diamond90.5%—
SimpleQA Verified33.7%—

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#31), Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
Blueprint-Bench 224.9%54.4%
LMArena Vision1274—
LMArena Document1466—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 53.8 (#55), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English14311523
LMArena Chinese14771610
LMArena Russian14511537
LMArena Spanish14371497
LMArena French1460—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1411—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 76.3 (#41), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following14521538

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#55), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query14631549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 69.2 (#25), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text14421534
LMArena Creative Writing14161531
LMArena Multi-Turn14541557
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1794—
EQ-Bench 41236—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 54.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5 or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 55.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and Gemini 4 Argon share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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