Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-5.1-Codex

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 3 categories and GPT-5.1-Codex in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 30.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 9% for GPT-5.1-Codex.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and GPT-5.1-Codex specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index56.538.6
Released2026-09-302025-11-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked216

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena WebDev16781337
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—66%
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
LMArena Coding1550—
ALE-Bench—1,245

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
Terminal-Bench—60.4%
APEX-Agents82.2%—
METR Time Horizons—70.8%
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
CritPt27.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1548—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
ProofBench99%9%
LMArena Math1536—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Expert1553—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Non-English1523—
LMArena Chinese1610—
LMArena Russian1537—
LMArena Spanish1497—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Instruction Following1538—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Longer Query1549—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Text1534—
LMArena Creative Writing1531—
LMArena Multi-Turn1557—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GPT-5.1-Codex?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.1-Codex better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 41.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GPT-5.1-Codex share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.1-Codex has 6.

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