Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 47.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 51.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 27.1% for Gemini 4 Argon and 2.9% for Qwen3.6 Plus.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.547.5
Released2026-09-302026-03-31
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked2137

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena WebDev16781461
SciCode61.8%40.7%
LMArena Coding15501467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
FrontierSWE55%—
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 213,7185,115
APEX-Agents82.2%—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
CritPt27.1%2.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481449
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
Chess Puzzles—17%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—81.9%
LMCA—33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.65

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Math15361450
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
ProofBench99%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Expert15531454
GPQA Diamond—88.4%
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English15231424
LMArena Chinese16101477
LMArena Russian15371434
LMArena Spanish14971432
LMArena French—1455
LMArena German—1452
LMArena Japanese—1389
LMArena Korean—1379

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following15381425

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query15491439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text15341437
LMArena Creative Writing15311404
LMArena Multi-Turn15571438

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 47.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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