Model comparison
Gemini 4 Argon vs Granite 4.1 30B
Gemini 4 Argon has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 2 categories and Granite 4.1 30B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 62.0 to 35.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 61.8% for Gemini 4 Argon and 25.8% for Granite 4.1 30B.
- Granite 4.1 30B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2026-04-29 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 2 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Granite 4.1 30B: 35.2
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 61.8% | 25.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Granite 4.1 30B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Granite 4.1 30B: 22.4
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 27.1% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Granite 4.1 30B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1536 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Granite 4.1 30B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Granite 4.1 30B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Granite 4.1 30B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Granite 4.1 30B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Granite 4.1 30B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Granite 4.1 30B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Granite 4.1 30B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Granite 4.1 30B?
Gemini 4 Argon has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Gemini 4 Argon or Granite 4.1 30B better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Granite 4.1 30B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 30B has 2.