Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 40.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 10 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 40.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 1.1% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 27.1% for Gemini 4 Argon.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index40.856.5
Released2026-03-032026-09-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$1.50—
Results tracked3821

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev12561678
SciCode41.9%61.8%
LMArena Coding14001550
FrontierSWE—55%
WeirdML52.2%—
ALE-Bench797.73—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents—82.2%
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
CritPt1.1%27.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14071548
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Math14281536
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
ProofBench—99%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert13981553
GPQA Diamond81.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%—

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Vision1240—
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English14111523
LMArena Chinese14611610
LMArena Russian14201537
LMArena Spanish14211497
LMArena French1424—
LMArena German1429—
LMArena Japanese1413—
LMArena Korean1392—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following13771538

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query13941549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text14161534
LMArena Creative Writing14011531
LMArena Multi-Turn14171557

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 40.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Gemini 4 Argon share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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