Gemini 4 Argon vs Llama 4 Maverick
Updated October 21, 2026. 43 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
vs boards won of 43 shared
Decision reading
Pick Gemini 4 Argon for coding: it scores 80.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 18.1 for Llama 4 Maverick.
Pick Llama 4 Maverick when output tokens cost 15.3x less.
Model AGemini 4 ArgonGoogle80.5/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BLlama 4 MaverickMeta Llama18.1/1002 independent benchmarks$1.491 per solved task
- Shared results
- 43
- Gemini 4 Argon only
- 49
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 41
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon scores 80.5 against 18.1.
2 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 52.6 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a AA Agentic Index result, 0.6.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a GPQA Diamond result, 69.4%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a AIME result, 25.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a MMLU Pro result, 79.4%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 1315 against 871.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a Vals Index result, 69.2%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon takes 1.05M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 4 Argon $0.0070, Llama 4 Maverick $0.0005 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has the number, $1.491.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 4 Argon 80.5 from 2 benchmarks, Llama 4 Maverick 18.1 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 62.1 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ARC-AGI: Gemini 4 Argon 98.5% against Llama 4 Maverick 4.4%, 94.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 against Llama 4 Maverick $0.6525 per million output tokens, 15.3x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 4 Argon takes 1.05M tokens, Llama 4 Maverick 524K.
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.
| Category | Gemini 4 Argon | Bars | Llama 4 Maverick | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 4 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 6 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 6 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 17 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 43 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 15.6% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 21.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LiveBench coding | 89.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 16.3 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.3% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 57.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 91.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 68.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 57.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 56.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 21.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 77.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 39.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SciCode | 61.8% | 31.7% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 6.8% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| FrontierCode | 47.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierSWE | 55.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 24.5% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2100.1 | 173.0 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1546 | 1301 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1556 | 1299 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1692 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1643 | Not measured | Only 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
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 52.6 | 9.3 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 166.4 | 132.2 | Gemini 4 Argon |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 0.6 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1151 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench research | 83.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench browser | 92.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 69.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 44.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 65.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 44.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 54.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 27.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 75.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 76.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 44.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vals Science Index | 55.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 52.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 4.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 0.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 17.8% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| APEX-Agents | 82.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $13,718 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 69.4% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 95.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.1% | 4.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 96.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | 4.4% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 91.3% | 0.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 27.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Chess puzzles | 59.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 64.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| EBR-bench | 64.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1546 | 1281 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1550 | 1259 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1548 | 1295 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1134 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1164 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 25.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 92.4% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 19.3 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 19.3% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 86.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 78.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ProofBench | 99.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1536 | 1299 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1557 | 1295 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 79.4% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 88.3% | 77.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.7% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.6% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.5% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.3% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 58.8% | 36.5% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.9% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 76.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 52.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1548 | 1288 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1555 | 1275 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1548 | 1286 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1525 | 1260 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1315 | 871 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1333 | 899 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1377 | 838 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1334 | 882 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1389 | 901 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1328 | 880 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LiveBench design | 73.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index170
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 69.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 85.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 69.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 53.6% | 35.7% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 87.4% | 54.2% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| IFBench | Not measured | 43.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.7% | 50.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| DTBench | 97.6% | 61.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMCA | 63.7% | 15.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 46.2% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 62.0% | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Furniture assembly | 72.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text | 1532 | 1287 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1534 | 1267 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1527 | 1266 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1142 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1538 | 1303 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1522 | 1269 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1611 | 1277 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1291 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1206 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1203 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1259 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1503 | 1293 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1534 | 1286 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1275 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1556 | 1289 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1547 | 1280 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1529 | 1277 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1527 | 1250 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1150 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1141 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1143 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1100 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1099 | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Maverick | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Llama 4 Maverick$0.0005Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 4 Argon$0.130Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.011Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 4 Argon$0.500Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.044Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick 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.
| Specification | Google Gemini 4 Argon | Meta Llama 4 Maverick |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 13, 2026 | April 5, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.1875 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.6525 |
| Coding index | 80.5 | 18.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $1.491 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Llama 4 Maverick for coding?
Pick Gemini 4 Argon for coding: it scores 80.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 18.1 for Llama 4 Maverick. Pick Llama 4 Maverick when output tokens cost 15.3x less.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.1875 and $0.6525. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Maverick only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Argon or Llama 4 Maverick?
Gemini 4 Argon, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Argon vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison based on?
43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 4 Argon's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Llama 4 Maverick's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.