Model comparison
Gemini 4 Argon vs Magistral Small
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 4 categories and Magistral Small in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 26.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 27.1% for Gemini 4 Argon and 0.3% for Magistral Small.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 61.8% | 35.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 27.1% | 0.3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |
Math Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1536 | — |
Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Magistral Small?
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 4 Argon or Magistral Small better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Magistral Small share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.