Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs o1

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 9 categories and o1 in 1 category; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 36.1.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and o1 specifications
Gemini 4 Argono1
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index56.540.9
Released2026-09-302024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$15
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked2152

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Coding15501367
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
WeirdML—47.6%
LiveBench Coding—69.7%
CadEval—56%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons—51.1%
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Hard Prompts15481371
SimpleBench—41.7%
ARC-AGI-1—30.7%
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles—15%
EnigmaEval—5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—91.6%
DTBench—74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
LMCA—22.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—141.91
LiveBench—75.7%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Math15361388
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—14.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—80.3%
MATH Level 5—94.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—9.3%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Expert15531361
GPQA Diamond—76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam—8%
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
Confabulations—11.7%

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Vision—1168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Non-English15231358
LMArena Chinese16101394
LMArena Russian15371356
LMArena Spanish14971345
LMArena French—1344
LMArena German—1337
LMArena Japanese—1346
LMArena Korean—1396

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Instruction Following15381367
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.5%

Long Context o1 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Longer Query15491378
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1
LMArena Text15341366
LMArena Creative Writing15311348
LMArena Multi-Turn15571369
Short-Story Creative Writing—70.2%
LiveBench Language—65.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than o1?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or o1 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 46.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and o1 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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