Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 54.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 43.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 36% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 99% for Gemini 4 Argon.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.156.5
Released2026-07-212026-09-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4621

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev15381678
SciCode52.7%61.8%
LMArena Coding14911550
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
FrontierSWE—55%
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents46.9%82.2%
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
CritPt10.6%27.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851548
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
ProofBench36%99%
LMArena Math15051536
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert14881553
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%54.4%
LMArena Vision1298—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English14691523
LMArena Chinese15311610
LMArena Russian14871537
LMArena Spanish14751497
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following14661538

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query14741549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text14791534
LMArena Creative Writing14651531
LMArena Multi-Turn14811557
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 54.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 50.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 4 Argon share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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