Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Grok 3

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Grok 3 in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 38.0.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 3 specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index56.539.9
Released2026-09-302025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2140

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
LMArena Coding15501432
Aider Polyglot—53.3%
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
WeirdML—37.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
APEX-Agents82.2%—
BALROG—29.5%
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
LMArena Hard Prompts15481434
ARC-AGI-2—0%
SimpleBench—36.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—5.5%
CritPt27.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.33

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
LMArena Math15361391
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—55.6%
ProofBench99%—
Omni-MATH—46.4%
MATH Level 5—88.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
LMArena Expert15531421
GPQA Diamond—75.8%
MMLU-Pro—78.8%
Confabulations—14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.8%
GPQA (HELM)—65%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Grok 3: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
LMArena Non-English15231410
LMArena Chinese16101448
LMArena Russian15371416
LMArena Spanish14971417
LMArena French—1460
LMArena German—1431
LMArena Japanese—1387
LMArena Korean—1373

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
LMArena Instruction Following15381409
IFEval—88.4%

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
LMArena Longer Query15491439
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 3
LMArena Text15341426
LMArena Creative Writing15311414
LMArena Multi-Turn15571425
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1186
WildBench—84.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Grok 3?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Grok 3 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 41.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 3 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.

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