Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

37.6

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 38.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 27.1% for Gemini 4 Argon and 0.3% for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.537.6
Released2026-09-302026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$1.49
Results tracked2114

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
SciCode61.8%35.8%
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
WeirdML—34.5%
LMArena Coding1550—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Terminal-Bench—23%
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
CritPt27.1%0.3%
NYT Connections (extended)—41.6%
Chess Puzzles—26%
LMArena Hard Prompts1548—
Mystery Game Puzzles—22%
DTBench—73.9%
LMCA—29.7%
Surface Evolver Bench—44.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—143.93

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—20.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
ProofBench99%—
LMArena Math1536—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond—84.8%
LMArena Expert1553—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English1523—
LMArena Chinese1610—
LMArena Russian1537—
LMArena Spanish1497—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following1538—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query1549—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Text1534—
LMArena Creative Writing1531—
LMArena Multi-Turn1557—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 37.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.

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