Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) Google

32.1

Rank #261 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 10 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 25.8.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Gemini 4 Argon specifications
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index32.156.5
Released2024-02-152026-09-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Results tracked4521

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Coding12941550
LMArena WebDev—1678
FrontierSWE—55%
SciCode—61.8%
WeirdML22.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct43.8%—
BigCodeBench Complete57.5%—
CadEval34%—
HumanEval+79.3%—
MBPP+74.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents—82.2%
TheAgentCompany3.4%—
Cybench7.5%—
BALROG21%—
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Hard Prompts12961548
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench27.1%—
CritPt—27.1%
DTBench59%—
BIG-Bench Hard89.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index131.73—
ForecastBench58.4—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Math13151536
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202523.1%—
ProofBench—99%
Omni-MATH36.4%—
MATH Level 570.4%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert12791553
GPQA Diamond57.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam4.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations13.5%—
GPQA (HELM)53.4%—
MMLU86.9%—

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Vision1161—
Video-MME75%—
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English13121523
LMArena Chinese13311610
LMArena Russian13201537
LMArena Spanish13111497
LMArena French1302—
LMArena German1286—
LMArena Japanese1292—
LMArena Korean1298—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following12971538
IFEval83.7%—

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query13081549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text13191534
LMArena Creative Writing13331531
LMArena Multi-Turn12961557
WildBench81.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Gemini 4 Argon share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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