Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemma 3 1B

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 10.2.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and Gemma 3 1B specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index56.521.1
Released2026-09-302025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked214

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Gemma 3 1B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
LMArena Coding1550—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—7.2%
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1548—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.1%
ProofBench99%—
LMArena Math1536—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
GPQA Diamond—19.9%
LMArena Expert1553—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Gemma 3 1B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Gemma 3 1B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
LMArena Non-English1523—
LMArena Chinese1610—
LMArena Russian1537—
LMArena Spanish1497—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Gemma 3 1B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
LMArena Instruction Following1538—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Gemma 3 1B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
LMArena Longer Query1549—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Gemma 3 1B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 3 1B
LMArena Text1534—
LMArena Creative Writing1531—
LMArena Multi-Turn1557—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Gemma 3 1B?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Gemma 3 1B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.

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