Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen Plus

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Plus in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 23.3.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen Plus specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.537.1
Released2026-09-302024-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2120

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
LMArena Coding15501328
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Qwen Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts15481317
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
CritPt27.1%—
DTBench—81.1%
LMCA—24%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
LMArena Math15361326
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—17.8%
ProofBench99%—
MATH Level 5—65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
LMArena Expert15531328
GPQA Diamond—48.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Qwen Plus: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English15231310
LMArena Chinese16101347
LMArena Russian15371323
LMArena Japanese—1251
LMArena Spanish1497—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following15381303

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query15491324

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen Plus
LMArena Text15341326
LMArena Creative Writing15311293
LMArena Multi-Turn15571336

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen Plus?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen Plus share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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