Model comparison
Gemini 4 Argon vs Mercury
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 6 categories and Mercury in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 44.2 to 17.5.
Side by side
| Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Mercury: 38.7 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | 1322 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| SciCode | 61.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Mercury: 17.5 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | 1285 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 21.6% |
| CritPt | 27.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1536 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Mercury: 41.6 (#206)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | 1260 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Mercury: 65.2 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | 1239 |
Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Mercury: 38.4 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Mercury: 46.2 (#221)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | 1191 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | 1282 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Mercury?
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 4 Argon or Mercury better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 38.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Mercury share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mercury has 9.