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.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

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 and o1-mini specifications
Gemini 4 Argono1-mini
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index56.534.0
Released2026-09-302024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2139

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
LMArena Coding15501362
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
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)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Cybench—10%
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
LMArena Hard Prompts15481333
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
ARC-AGI-1—14%
CritPt27.1%—
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)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
LMArena Math15361358
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—46.9%
ProofBench99%—
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)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
LMArena Expert15531316
GPQA Diamond—62.4%
Confabulations—18.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
LMArena Non-English15231289
LMArena Chinese16101314
LMArena Russian15371283
LMArena Spanish14971303
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)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following15381304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
LMArena Longer Query15491320

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 Argono1-mini
LMArena Text15341317
LMArena Creative Writing15311244
LMArena Multi-Turn15571314
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.

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