# Gemini 4 Argon vs Mixtral 8x22B

> Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-4-argon-vs-mixtral-8x22b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 9 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 22.9.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 27.1 |
| Rank | 24 | 333 |
| Context | — | 64K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | 1166 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| SciCode | 61.8% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | 1150 |
| CritPt | 27.1% | — |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.03 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |

## Math

- Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1536 | 1184 |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | 1113 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)
- Mixtral 8x22B: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | 1116 |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | 1151 |
| LMArena French | — | 1166 |
| LMArena German | — | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1057 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | 1147 |
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |

## Long Context

- Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | 1144 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | 1130 |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 4 Argon or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Mixtral 8x22B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.