Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.5 27B

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.9

Rank #127 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 38.8.
  • Qwen3.5 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen3.5 27B specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.541.9
Released2026-09-302026-02-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$2.40
Results tracked2128

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena WebDev16781358
LMArena Coding15501427
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
WeirdML—39.5%
ALE-Bench—349.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Qwen3.5 27B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
Vending-Bench 213,718201.98
APEX-Agents82.2%—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts15481414
NYT Connections (extended)—47.9%
CritPt27.1%—
Thematic Generalization—45.5%
DTBench—82.4%
LMCA—34%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Math15361429
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—56.7%
ProofBench99%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Expert15531428
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.1%

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Vision—1241
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Non-English15231390
LMArena Chinese16101478
LMArena Russian15371390
LMArena Spanish14971407
LMArena French—1410
LMArena German—1393
LMArena Japanese—1345
LMArena Korean—1358

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Instruction Following15381393

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Longer Query15491413

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Text15341409
LMArena Creative Writing15311362
LMArena Multi-Turn15571410

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.5 27B?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.5 27B better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen3.5 27B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.

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