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.
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 | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 39.8 |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| SciCode | 61.8% | — |
| 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: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | 1325 |
| CritPt | 27.1% | — |
| 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)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1536 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | 1324 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), QwQ-32B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | 1354 |
| 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)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | 1314 |
| 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.