# Gemini 4 Argon vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

> Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-4-argon-vs-grok-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 20.8.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 33.7 |
| Rank | 24 | 239 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | 1287 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| SciCode | 61.8% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | 1272 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| CritPt | 27.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| DTBench | — | 65.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.48 |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |

## Math

- Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1536 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 11.5% |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | 1254 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | 1289 |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | 1281 |
| LMArena French | — | 1318 |
| LMArena German | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1237 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |

## Long Context

- Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | 1276 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | 1290 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 45.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 4 Argon or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.