Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen2.5-Max

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 36.9.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.540.7
Released2026-09-302025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2127

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding15501359
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
LiveBench Coding—64.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts15481360
CritPt27.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—132.53
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math15361369
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—58.4%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert15531337
Confabulations—21.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English15231352
LMArena Chinese16101382
LMArena Russian15371353
LMArena Spanish14971377
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1300
LMArena Korean—1304

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following15381335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query15491358

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text15341367
LMArena Creative Writing15311339
LMArena Multi-Turn15571364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen2.5-Max share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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