Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemma 4 31B IT

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 9 categories and Gemma 4 31B IT in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 43.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 27.1% for Gemini 4 Argon and 1.4% for Gemma 4 31B IT.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index56.543.5
Released2026-09-302026-04-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.09
Output $ / M tokens—$0.34
Results tracked2135

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena WebDev16781366
SciCode61.8%43.4%
LMArena Coding15501459
FrontierSWE55%—
WeirdML—52.3%
ALE-Bench—925.5

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Gemma 4 31B IT: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
CritPt27.1%1.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481448
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—70.6%
Chess Puzzles—5%
Thematic Generalization—53%
DTBench—82.7%
LMCA—39.3%
Surface Evolver Bench—30.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.74

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Math15361465
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
ProofBench99%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Expert15531465
GPQA Diamond—75.8%
SimpleQA Verified—10.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.4%

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Vision—1277
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—
LMArena Document—1425

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Non-English15231431
LMArena Chinese16101476
LMArena Russian15371460
LMArena Spanish14971444
LMArena French—1435

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Instruction Following15381433

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Longer Query15491446

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Text15341443
LMArena Creative Writing15311415
LMArena Multi-Turn15571452
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1368
EQ-Bench 4—1120

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Gemma 4 31B IT?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Gemma 4 31B IT better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Gemma 4 31B IT share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.

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