# Gemini 4 Argon vs Phi-3.5-mini

> Gemini 4 Argon has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-4-argon-vs-phi-3-5-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 62.0 to 34.6.
- Phi-3.5-mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 36.9 |
| Rank | 24 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)
- Phi-3.5-mini: 34.6 (#232)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| SciCode | 61.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.5% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 27.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | — |
| PIQA | — | 81% |

## Math

- Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1536 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 86.2% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 78% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Phi-3.5-mini?

Gemini 4 Argon has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Gemini 4 Argon or Phi-3.5-mini better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Phi-3.5-mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi-3.5-mini has 5.