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Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 20.8.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index56.533.7
Released2026-09-302024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Results tracked2134

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Coding15501287
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
WeirdML—22.2%
LiveBench Coding—46.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts15481272
SimpleBench—22.7%
CritPt27.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
DTBench—65.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—130.48
LiveBench—54.3%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Math15361283
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—11.5%
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—54.9%
MATH Level 5—63.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Expert15531254
GPQA Diamond—53.8%
Confabulations—20.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English15231282
LMArena Chinese16101289
LMArena Russian15371286
LMArena Spanish14971281
LMArena French—1318
LMArena German—1287
LMArena Japanese—1244
LMArena Korean—1237

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following15381270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query15491276

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text15341305
LMArena Creative Writing15311284
LMArena Multi-Turn15571290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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