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Gemini 4 Argon vs Mistral Large 4

Gemini 4 Argon leads Mistral Large 4 on coding, 81.0 to 56.4 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Mistral Large 4 costs 2.4x less per output token ($4.18 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 72 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 4 Argon Replace Mistral Large 4
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle
Coding
81.0
Overall
84.0
Output $/M
$10.00
71
Mistral Large 4Mistral AI
Coding
56.4
Overall
54.6
Output $/M
$4.18
1
vs boards won of 72 shared

Gemini 4 Argon or Mistral Large 4: which to pick

Pick Gemini 4 Argon for coding: it scores 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 56.4 for Mistral Large 4.

Pick Mistral Large 4 for output tokens 2.4x cheaper ($4.18 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.

Model AGemini 4 ArgonGoogle81.0/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BMistral Large 4Mistral AI56.4/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
72
Gemini 4 Argon only
22
Mistral Large 4 only
9
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, Mistral Large 4 56.4 from 5 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 32.7 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ProofBench: Gemini 4 Argon 99.0% against Mistral Large 4 10.0%, 89.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 against Mistral Large 4 $4.18 per million output tokens, 2.4x apart.
Context window
Both take 1.05M tokens.

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 ArgonBarsMistral Large 4Ties
Coding150
Intelligence20
Agentic work90
Reasoning90
Math60
Knowledge60
Web design70
General171
All shared boards711
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index150
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
LiveBench coding89.7%60.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev16781543Gemini 4 Argon
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)57.6%27.8%Gemini 4 Argon
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)91.9%78.4%Gemini 4 Argon
Code migration (Vals AI)68.2%30.6%Gemini 4 Argon
ProgramBench (Vals AI)2.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
IOI (Vals AI)100.0%45.3%Gemini 4 Argon
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)57.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)56.0%33.1%Gemini 4 Argon
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)21.2%14.3%Gemini 4 Argon
CyberBench (Vals AI)77.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
SciCode61.8%54.2%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierCode47.5%39.4%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierSWE55.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
MirrorCode58.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
ALE-Bench2100.11213.2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: coding15461478Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: software and IT15561467Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev: React16921559Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev: HTML16431487Gemini 4 Argon
SciCode12.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
AA Intelligence Index52.638.4Gemini 4 Argon
Epoch Capabilities Index166.4150.0Gemini 4 Argon
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
Design Arena: spreadsheets1157Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
LiveBench research83.1%28.1%Gemini 4 Argon
LiveBench browser92.0%8.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LiveBench long agentic69.9%11.8%Gemini 4 Argon
SREBench (Vals AI)44.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)65.4%54.7%Gemini 4 Argon
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)44.6%30.4%Gemini 4 Argon
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)54.8%31.7%Gemini 4 Argon
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)27.1%17.5%Gemini 4 Argon
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)75.2%56.2%Gemini 4 Argon
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)76.3%67.0%Gemini 4 Argon
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)44.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Vals Science Index55.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Time Horizon Index (Vals AI)52.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
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%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Vending-Bench 2$13,718Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
LiveBench reasoning95.1%83.9%Gemini 4 Argon
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)45.5%12.2%Gemini 4 Argon
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)57.1%35.0%Gemini 4 Argon
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)96.4%88.1%Gemini 4 Argon
ARC-AGI98.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
ARC-AGI-291.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Chess puzzles59.0%33.0%Gemini 4 Argon
Mystery game puzzles64.0%17.0%Gemini 4 Argon
EBR-bench64.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts15461444Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: expert15501444Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English15481442Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1288Only Mistral Large 4 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Math benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
OTIS Mock AIME100.0%98.3%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 386.0%58.6%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierMath, tier 478.0%26.8%Gemini 4 Argon
ProofBench99.0%10.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: math15361469Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: mathematical work15571462Gemini 4 Argon
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
LegalBench (Vals AI)88.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
MedCode (Vals AI)58.8%40.7%Gemini 4 Argon
SimpleQA Verified76.0%20.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: science15481448Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare15551433Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: legal and government15481425Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: business and finance15251439Gemini 4 Argon
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
Design Arena: websites13151257Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: UI components13331272Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: game dev13771225Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: data viz13321275Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: 3D13881252Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: all code categories13291259Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1232Only Mistral Large 4 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1202Only Mistral Large 4 measured
LiveBench design73.7%65.6%Gemini 4 Argon
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index171
General benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
Vals Index69.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
LiveBench data analysis85.2%76.5%Gemini 4 Argon
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)69.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
SAGE (Vals AI)53.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)87.4%80.4%Gemini 4 Argon
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)79.7%81.3%Mistral Large 4
DTBench97.6%88.2%Gemini 4 Argon
LMCA63.7%35.8%Gemini 4 Argon
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured28.1%Only Mistral Large 4 measured
Furniture assembly72.5%20.8%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text15321431Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: instruction following15341422Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: creative writing15271363Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena VisionNot measured1272Only Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Text: English15381433Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: non-English15221422Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: Chinese16111492Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1415Only Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1492Only Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Text: Spanish15031455Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: Russian15341417Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: multi-turn15561435Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: longer queries15471428Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: writing and language15291386Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: entertainment and media15271378Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1283Only Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1284Only Mistral Large 4 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 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 Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4Leader
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
Mistral Large 4$0.0034Fits in one request

Mistral Large 4 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 4 Argon$0.130Fits in one request
Mistral Large 4$0.081Fits in one request

Mistral Large 4 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 4 Argon$0.500Fits in one request
Mistral Large 4$0.314Fits in one request

Mistral Large 4 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 Mistral Large 4
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 4 ArgonMistral Large 4
MakerGoogleMistral AI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedOctober 13, 2026October 6, 2026
Context window1.05M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$2.00$1.36
Output $/Mtok$10.00$4.18
Coding index81.056.4
Independent measurements behind it55
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Mistral Large 4 for coding?

Pick Gemini 4 Argon for coding: it scores 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 56.4 for Mistral Large 4. Pick Mistral Large 4 for output tokens 2.4x cheaper ($4.18 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Mistral Large 4?

Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 costs $1.36 and $4.18. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Argon or Mistral Large 4?

Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Argon vs Mistral Large 4 comparison based on?

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

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