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Gemini 4 Argon vs Grok 4.6

Gemini 4 Argon leads Grok 4.6 on coding, 81.0 to 65.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Grok 4.6 costs 1.7x less per output token ($6.00 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 85 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 4 Argon Replace Grok 4.6
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle
Coding
81.0
Overall
84.0
Output $/M
$10.00
80
Grok 4.6xAI
Coding
65.7
Overall
67.4
Output $/M
$6.00
5
vs boards won of 85 shared

Gemini 4 Argon or Grok 4.6: which to pick

Pick Gemini 4 Argon for coding: it scores 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 65.7 for Grok 4.6, though on 5 benchmarks against 6.

Pick Grok 4.6 for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($6.00 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) or FrontierCode, where it leads.

Model AGemini 4 ArgonGoogle81.0/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BGrok 4.6xAI65.7/1006 independent benchmarks$0.82 per solved task
Shared results
85
Gemini 4 Argon only
9
Grok 4.6 only
38
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 4 Argon 81.0 from 5 benchmarks, Grok 4.6 65.7 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 25.1 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI): Gemini 4 Argon 57.6% against Grok 4.6 17.2%, 53.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 against Grok 4.6 $6.00 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
Context window
Gemini 4 Argon takes 1.05M tokens, Grok 4.6 500K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 4 ArgonBarsGrok 4.6Ties
Coding162
Intelligence20
Agentic work121
Reasoning120
Math60
Knowledge70
Web design61
General191
All shared boards805
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index162
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
LiveBench coding89.7%89.1%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev16781617Gemini 4 Argon
AA Coding IndexNot measured76.8Only Grok 4.6 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured88.2%Only Grok 4.6 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured95.6%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)57.6%17.2%Gemini 4 Argon
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)91.9%76.2%Gemini 4 Argon
Code migration (Vals AI)68.2%44.6%Gemini 4 Argon
ProgramBench (Vals AI)2.5%1.0%Gemini 4 Argon
IOI (Vals AI)100.0%47.6%Gemini 4 Argon
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)57.7%78.3%Grok 4.6
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)56.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)21.2%14.8%Gemini 4 Argon
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured55.8%Only Grok 4.6 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)77.9%67.7%Gemini 4 Argon
SciCode61.8%56.5%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierCode47.5%48.0%Grok 4.6
FrontierSWE55.0%25.3%Gemini 4 Argon
WeirdMLNot measured67.3%Only Grok 4.6 measured
MirrorCode58.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
ALE-Bench2100.11508.1Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: coding15461466Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: software and IT15561457Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev: React16921631Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev: HTML16431597Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1603Only Grok 4.6 measured
SciCode12.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
AA Intelligence Index52.644.3Gemini 4 Argon
Epoch Capabilities Index166.4156.6Gemini 4 Argon
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index121
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured53.0Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1248Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack appsNot measured1264Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile appsNot measured1234Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android appsNot measured1291Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot gamesNot measured1276Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building gamesNot measured1209Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: HTML slidesNot measured1250Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slidesNot measured1237Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1157Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
LiveBench research83.1%84.5%Grok 4.6
LiveBench browser92.0%64.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LiveBench long agentic69.9%40.7%Gemini 4 Argon
SREBench (Vals AI)44.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)65.4%53.7%Gemini 4 Argon
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)44.6%33.1%Gemini 4 Argon
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)54.8%48.1%Gemini 4 Argon
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)27.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)75.2%62.7%Gemini 4 Argon
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)76.3%72.2%Gemini 4 Argon
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)44.3%11.4%Gemini 4 Argon
Vals Science Index55.4%38.1%Gemini 4 Argon
Time Horizon Index (Vals AI)52.5%5.8%Gemini 4 Argon
CUA-bench (Vals AI)4.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Robo-bench (Vals AI)0.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
APEX-Agents82.4%65.3%Gemini 4 Argon
Vending-Bench 2$13,718$9,047Gemini 4 Argon
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index120
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured94.7%Only Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench reasoning95.1%91.2%Gemini 4 Argon
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)45.5%30.6%Gemini 4 Argon
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured94.9%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)57.1%44.1%Gemini 4 Argon
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)96.4%94.0%Gemini 4 Argon
ARC-AGI98.5%87.5%Gemini 4 Argon
ARC-AGI-291.3%67.1%Gemini 4 Argon
SimpleBenchNot measured75.9%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Chess puzzles59.0%33.0%Gemini 4 Argon
Mystery game puzzles64.0%34.0%Gemini 4 Argon
EBR-bench64.8%30.5%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: hard prompts15461448Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: expert15501469Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English15481445Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1285Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1283Only Grok 4.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Math benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
OTIS Mock AIME100.0%99.2%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 386.0%66.0%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierMath, tier 478.0%31.7%Gemini 4 Argon
ProofBench99.0%51.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: math15361417Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: mathematical work15571464Gemini 4 Argon
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
MMLU ProNot measured89.4%Only Grok 4.6 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)88.3%86.3%Gemini 4 Argon
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured66.2%Only Grok 4.6 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured71.1%Only Grok 4.6 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.2%Only Grok 4.6 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)58.8%44.7%Gemini 4 Argon
SimpleQA Verified76.0%49.3%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: science15481437Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare15551420Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: legal and government15481429Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: business and finance15251416Gemini 4 Argon
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index61
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
Design Arena: websites13151289Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: UI components13331294Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: game dev13771296Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: data viz13321282Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: 3D13881277Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: all code categories13291292Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1240Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1279Only Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench design73.7%79.8%Grok 4.6
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index191
General benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
Vals Index69.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
LiveBench data analysis85.2%75.3%Gemini 4 Argon
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)69.8%66.8%Gemini 4 Argon
SAGE (Vals AI)53.6%28.9%Gemini 4 Argon
MedScribe (Vals AI)87.4%86.5%Gemini 4 Argon
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)79.7%81.0%Grok 4.6
DTBench97.6%97.3%Gemini 4 Argon
LMCA63.7%48.5%Gemini 4 Argon
Furniture assembly72.5%40.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text15321429Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: instruction following15341431Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: creative writing15271426Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena VisionNot measured1263Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: English15381433Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: non-English15221420Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: Chinese16111476Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1426Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1378Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1391Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1455Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: Spanish15031414Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: Russian15341421Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1430Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn15561425Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: longer queries15471456Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: writing and language15291429Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: entertainment and media15271421Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1270Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1289Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1272Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1270Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1262Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1452Only Grok 4.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.6Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 4 Argon$0.0070Fits in one request
Grok 4.6$0.0050Fits in one request

Grok 4.6 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 4 Argon$0.130Fits in one request
Grok 4.6$0.118Fits in one request

Grok 4.6 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 4 Argon$0.500Fits in one request
Grok 4.6$0.460Fits in one request

Grok 4.6 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 4 ArgonSpaceXAI Grok 4.6
MakerGooglexAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedOctober 13, 2026August 12, 2026
Context window1.05M500K
Input $/Mtok$2.00$2.00
Output $/Mtok$10.00$6.00
Coding index81.065.7
Independent measurements behind it56
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.82
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Grok 4.6 for coding?

Pick Gemini 4 Argon for coding: it scores 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 65.7 for Grok 4.6, though on 5 benchmarks against 6. Pick Grok 4.6 for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($6.00 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) or FrontierCode, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Grok 4.6?

Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for Grok 4.6 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Argon or Grok 4.6?

Gemini 4 Argon, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Argon vs Grok 4.6 comparison based on?

85 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 4 Argon's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Grok 4.6's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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