Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Gemini 4 Argon leads Qwen3.5 397B A17B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 52.6 to 21.4, and Qwen3.5 397B A17B costs 4.3x less per output token ($2.34 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 45 shared
Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.5 397B A17B: which to pick
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3.5 397B A17B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen3.5 397B A17B for output tokens 4.3x cheaper ($2.34 vs $10.00 per million).
Model AGemini 4 ArgonGoogle81.0/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.5 397B A17BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 45
- Gemini 4 Argon only
- 49
- Qwen3.5 397B A17B only
- 20
- 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.
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 21.4.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 1315 against 1190.
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 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Gemini 4 Argon $0.0070, Qwen3.5 397B A17B $0.0016 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 4 Argon 81.0 from 5 benchmarks, Qwen3.5 397B A17B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 57.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- APEX-Agents: Gemini 4 Argon 82.4% against Qwen3.5 397B A17B 24.9%, 57.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 against Qwen3.5 397B A17B $2.34 per million output tokens, 4.3x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 4 Argon takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.5 397B A17B 262K.
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 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 6 | 0 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 15 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 45 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 89.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | 1400 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 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 |
| SciCode | 61.8% | 44.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 40.9% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B 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 | 621.9 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1546 | 1464 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1556 | 1463 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1692 | 1388 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1643 | 1410 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| SciCode | 12.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 52.6 | 21.4 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 166.4 | 146.8 | Gemini 4 Argon |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 95.6% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| APEX-Agents | 82.4% | 24.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $13,718 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 95.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 89.3% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.1% | 29.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 96.4% | 86.4% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 91.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Chess puzzles | 59.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 64.0% | 18.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| EBR-bench | 64.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1546 | 1448 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1550 | 1462 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1548 | 1450 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1277 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1292 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | 88.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 86.0% | 31.2% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 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 | 1453 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1557 | 1454 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 88.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 58.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 76.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1548 | 1457 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1555 | 1455 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1548 | 1441 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1525 | 1435 | Gemini 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 index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1315 | 1190 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1333 | 1160 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1377 | 1140 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1332 | 1175 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1388 | 1160 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1329 | 1179 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1139 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LiveBench design | 73.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index150
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | 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% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 87.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 78.8% | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.7% | 77.3% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| DTBench | 97.6% | 87.5% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMCA | 63.7% | 37.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Furniture assembly | 72.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text | 1532 | 1437 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1534 | 1424 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1527 | 1402 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1262 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1538 | 1443 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1522 | 1430 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1611 | 1498 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1445 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1429 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1384 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1462 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1503 | 1441 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1534 | 1430 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1447 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1556 | 1446 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1547 | 1441 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1529 | 1415 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1527 | 1399 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1268 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1314 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1271 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1262 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1230 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1265 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1260 | Only Qwen3.5 397B A17B 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 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | 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
Qwen3.5 397B A17B$0.0016Fits in one request
Qwen3.5 397B A17B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 4 Argon$0.130Fits in one request
Qwen3.5 397B A17B$0.027Fits in one request
Qwen3.5 397B A17B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 4 Argon$0.500Fits in one request
Qwen3.5 397B A17B$0.101Fits in one request
Qwen3.5 397B A17B 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 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 13, 2026 | February 16, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.39 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $2.34 |
| Coding index | 81.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Qwen3.5 397B A17B for coding?
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3.5 397B A17B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3.5 397B A17B for output tokens 4.3x cheaper ($2.34 vs $10.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 397B A17B costs $0.39 and $2.34. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
Gemini 4 Argon, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B comparison based on?
45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 4 Argon's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.5 397B A17B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.