Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Inkling-Small

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 46.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Inkling-Small Thinking Machines Lab

46.5

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Inkling-Small in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 45.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 6% for Inkling-Small.
  • Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
ProviderGoogleThinking Machines Lab
Noometry Index56.546.5
Released2026-09-302026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—524K
Max output—1.05M
Input $ / M tokens—$0.45
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2133

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
LMArena WebDev16781409
SciCode61.8%48.7%
LMArena Coding15501451
FrontierSWE55%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Inkling-Small: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
CritPt27.1%8.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481423
ARC-AGI-2—40.1%
ARC-AGI-1—84%
Chess Puzzles—18%
Mystery Game Puzzles—6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—150.15

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
ProofBench99%6%
LMArena Math15361459
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—46.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—90%

Knowledge Inkling-Small leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
LMArena Expert15531442
GPQA Diamond—88.5%
SimpleQA Verified—19.1%

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
LMArena Vision—1235
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
LMArena Non-English15231402
LMArena Chinese16101465
LMArena Russian15371391
LMArena Spanish14971428
LMArena French—1436
LMArena German—1405
LMArena Japanese—1405
LMArena Korean—1363

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
LMArena Instruction Following15381399

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
LMArena Longer Query15491401

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInkling-Small
LMArena Text15341414
LMArena Creative Writing15311331
LMArena Multi-Turn15571418
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1491

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Inkling-Small?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 46.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Inkling-Small better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling-Small share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Inkling-Small has 33.

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