Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Yi-Lightning

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Yi-Lightning 01.AI

37.1

Rank #209 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-Lightning in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 36.2.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and Yi-Lightning specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
ProviderGoogle01.AI
Noometry Index56.537.1
Released2026-09-302024-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Max output——
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Results tracked2118

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
LMArena Coding15501312
Aider Polyglot—12.9%
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Yi-Lightning: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts15481302
CritPt27.1%—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
LMArena Math15361300
ProofBench99%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
LMArena Expert15531286

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Yi-Lightning: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
LMArena Non-English15231269
LMArena Chinese16101320
LMArena Russian15371255
LMArena Spanish14971315
LMArena French—1305
LMArena German—1267
LMArena Japanese—1228
LMArena Korean—1192

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following15381278

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
LMArena Longer Query15491297

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonYi-Lightning
LMArena Text15341302
LMArena Creative Writing15311280
LMArena Multi-Turn15571311

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Yi-Lightning?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Yi-Lightning share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.

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