Gemini 4 Argon vs Llama 4 Scout
Gemini 4 Argon leads Llama 4 Scout on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 52.6 to 6.5, and Llama 4 Scout costs 20.0x less per output token ($0.50 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 43 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 4 Argon or Llama 4 Scout: which to pick
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama 4 Scout has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Llama 4 Scout for output tokens 20.0x cheaper ($0.50 vs $10.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.31M against 1.05M tokens).
- Shared results
- 43
- Gemini 4 Argon only
- 51
- Llama 4 Scout only
- 39
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 52.6 against 6.5.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Llama 4 Scout has a AA Agentic Index result, 0.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Llama 4 Scout has a GPQA Diamond result, 47.0%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Llama 4 Scout has a AIME result, 19.0%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Llama 4 Scout has a MMLU Pro result, 69.6%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 1315 against 750.
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
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout takes 1.31M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 4 Scout
Gemini 4 Argon $0.0070, Llama 4 Scout $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Llama 4 Scout has the number, $1.276.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 4 Argon 81.0 from 5 benchmarks, Llama 4 Scout not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 67.8 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ARC-AGI: Gemini 4 Argon 98.5% against Llama 4 Scout 0.5%, 98.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 against Llama 4 Scout $0.50 per million output tokens, 20.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 4 Argon takes 1.05M tokens, Llama 4 Scout 1.31M.
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 Scout | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 7 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 6 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 5 | 0 | ||
| General | 17 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 43 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Scout | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 9.1% | Only Llama 4 Scout 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 | 8.2 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.5% | Only Llama 4 Scout 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 | 29.9% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| SciCode | 61.8% | 21.3% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 1.5% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| FrontierCode | 47.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierSWE | 55.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MirrorCode | 58.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2100.1 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1546 | 1286 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1556 | 1286 | 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 |
| SciCode | 12.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Scout | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 52.6 | 6.5 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 166.4 | 129.6 | Gemini 4 Argon |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Scout | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 0.5 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1157 | 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 | 15.5% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| APEX-Agents | 82.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $13,718 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | Not measured | 28.1% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Scout | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Llama 4 Scout 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 | 58.8% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 58.7% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.1% | 3.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 96.4% | 51.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | 0.5% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 91.3% | 0.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 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 | 1266 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1550 | 1235 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1548 | 1293 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1125 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1148 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 36.9% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Scout | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 19.0% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.2% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.0% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 14.0 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 14.0% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | 7.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 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 |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 62.3% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1536 | 1287 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1557 | 1286 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Scout | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 69.6% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 88.3% | 72.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.8% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.2% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.8% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.9% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 58.8% | 23.3% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 75.2% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 76.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1548 | 1278 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1555 | 1275 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1548 | 1285 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1525 | 1257 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Scout | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1315 | 750 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1333 | 765 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1377 | 772 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1332 | 896 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1388 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1329 | 789 | 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 Scout | 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% | 34.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 87.4% | 50.6% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| IFBench | Not measured | 39.5% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.7% | 27.7% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| DTBench | 97.6% | 57.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMCA | 63.7% | 12.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 36.0% | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Furniture assembly | 72.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text | 1532 | 1279 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1534 | 1248 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1527 | 1249 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1118 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1538 | 1304 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1522 | 1252 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1611 | 1255 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1273 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1206 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1207 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1283 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1503 | 1278 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1534 | 1263 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1265 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1556 | 1280 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1547 | 1265 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1529 | 1269 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1527 | 1242 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1143 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1106 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1117 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1102 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1126 | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Llama 4 Scout | 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
Llama 4 Scout costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Llama 4 Scout costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Llama 4 Scout 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 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 13, 2026 | April 5, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.31M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.175 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.50 |
| Coding index | 81.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $1.276 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Llama 4 Scout for coding?
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama 4 Scout has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama 4 Scout for output tokens 20.0x cheaper ($0.50 vs $10.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.31M against 1.05M tokens).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Llama 4 Scout?
Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Scout costs $0.175 and $0.50. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Scout only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Argon or Llama 4 Scout?
Llama 4 Scout, with 1.31M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Argon vs Llama 4 Scout comparison based on?
43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 4 Argon's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Llama 4 Scout's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.