Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs QwQ-32B

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 38.0.
  • QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and QwQ-32B specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.539.8
Released2026-09-302024-11-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2136

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding15501333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), QwQ-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts15481325
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
LMArena Math15361359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
LMArena Expert15531324
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), QwQ-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English15231305
LMArena Chinese16101378
LMArena Russian15371297
LMArena Spanish14971354
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1313
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1279

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following15381297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query15491308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwQ-32B
LMArena Text15341329
LMArena Creative Writing15311288
LMArena Multi-Turn15571314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than QwQ-32B?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or QwQ-32B better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and QwQ-32B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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