Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Deep Think Google

58.3

Unranked Sparse

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 4 Argon in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 44.2.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Deep Think and Gemini 4 Argon specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index58.356.5
Released2026-02-122026-09-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked321

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev—1678
FrontierSWE—55%
SciCode—61.8%
LMArena Coding—1550

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents—82.2%
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
CritPt25.7%27.1%
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
ARC-AGI-196%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1548

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
ProofBench—99%
LMArena Math—1536

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert—1553

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English—1523
LMArena Chinese—1610
LMArena Russian—1537
LMArena Spanish—1497

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following—1538

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query—1549

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text—1534
LMArena Creative Writing—1531
LMArena Multi-Turn—1557

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Gemini 4 Argon share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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