Model comparison
Gemini 4 Argon vs Phi-3.5-mini
Gemini 4 Argon has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
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- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 62.0 to 34.6.
- Phi-3.5-mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 36.9 |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2024-08-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Phi-3.5-mini: 34.6 (#232)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| SciCode | 61.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 27.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | — |
| PIQA | — | 81% |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1536 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 86.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 78% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Phi-3.5-mini?
Gemini 4 Argon has enough public results to be ranked (#24); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Gemini 4 Argon or Phi-3.5-mini better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Phi-3.5-mini share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi-3.5-mini has 5.