Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemma 2 9B

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 9.9.
  • Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index56.525.9
Released2026-09-302024-06-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked2135

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
LMArena Coding15501173
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—34.7%
LiveBench Coding—22.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Gemma 2 9B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
LMArena Hard Prompts15481171
CritPt27.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis—36.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—119.83
LiveBench—28.7%
PIQA—83.7%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
LMArena Math15361183
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—0.6%
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—19.8%
MATH Level 5—21%
GSM8K—84.9%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
LMArena Expert15531147
GPQA Diamond—27.5%
BoolQ—85.7%
MMLU—72.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Gemma 2 9B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
LMArena Non-English15231188
LMArena Chinese16101185
LMArena Russian15371200
LMArena Spanish14971200
LMArena French—1190
LMArena German—1186
LMArena Japanese—1144
LMArena Korean—1137

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
LMArena Instruction Following15381178
LiveBench Instruction Following—52.6%

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
LMArena Longer Query15491197

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 2 9B
LMArena Text15341207
LMArena Creative Writing15311206
LMArena Multi-Turn15571193
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—841
LiveBench Language—25.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Gemma 2 9B?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Gemma 2 9B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.

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