Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 4 Argon in 9 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 13% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 99% for Gemini 4 Argon.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index41.556.5
Released2026-07-212026-09-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked3921

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev14401678
SciCode41.3%61.8%
LMArena Coding14531550
FrontierSWE—55%
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents29.3%82.2%
GDP.pdf10%—
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
CritPt0%27.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14411548
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
ProofBench13%99%
LMArena Math14331536
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert14351553
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Vision1268—
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English14271523
LMArena Chinese14691610
LMArena Russian14431537
LMArena Spanish14421497
LMArena French1451—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1427—
LMArena Korean1407—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following14201538

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query14351549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text14351534
LMArena Creative Writing14201531
LMArena Multi-Turn14451557
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemini 4 Argon share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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