Model comparison
Gemini 4 Argon vs o1-mini
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 35.4.
Side by side
| Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| SciCode | 61.8% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Cybench | — | 10% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| CritPt | 27.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
Math Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1536 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), o1-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | 1303 |
| LMArena French | — | 1293 |
| LMArena German | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1223 |
Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than o1-mini?
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 4 Argon or o1-mini better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and o1-mini share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.