Model comparison
Gemini 4 Argon vs Magistral Medium
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 35.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 27.1% for Gemini 4 Argon and 0.3% for Magistral Medium.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 61.8% | 39.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | 1319 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 27.1% | 0.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
Math Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1536 | 1250 |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | 1223 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | 1227 |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | 1271 |
| LMArena French | — | 1267 |
| LMArena German | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1125 |
Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | 1254 |
Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Magistral Medium?
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 4 Argon or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Magistral Medium share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.