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Gemini 4 Argon vs Inkling

Updated October 21, 2026. 79 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Gemini 4 Argon Replace Inkling
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle
Coding
80.5
Overall
52.6
Output $/M
$10.00
79
T InklingThinking Machines
Coding
49.7
Overall
25.0
Output $/M
$4.05
0
vs boards won of 79 shared

Decision reading

Pick Gemini 4 Argon for coding: it scores 80.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 49.7 for Inkling.

Pick Inkling when output tokens cost 2.5x less.

Model AGemini 4 ArgonGoogle80.5/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BInklingThinking Machines49.7/1002 independent benchmarks$0.76 per solved task
Shared results
79
Gemini 4 Argon only
13
Inkling only
23
Like-for-like categories
8 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 4 Argon 80.5 from 2 benchmarks, Inkling 49.7 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 43.6 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ProofBench: Gemini 4 Argon 99.0% against Inkling 0.0%, 99.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 against Inkling $4.05 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
Context window
Gemini 4 Argon takes 1.05M tokens, Inkling 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 4 ArgonBarsInklingTies
Coding180
Intelligence20
Agentic work100
Reasoning90
Math60
Knowledge70
Web design70
General200
All shared boards790
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index180
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
LiveBench coding89.7%64.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev16781414Gemini 4 Argon
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.1Only Inkling measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.5%Only Inkling measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured77.6%Only Inkling measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)57.6%0.5%Gemini 4 Argon
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)91.9%19.2%Gemini 4 Argon
Code migration (Vals AI)68.2%11.8%Gemini 4 Argon
ProgramBench (Vals AI)2.5%0.0%Gemini 4 Argon
IOI (Vals AI)100.0%14.9%Gemini 4 Argon
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)57.7%47.6%Gemini 4 Argon
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)56.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)21.2%7.3%Gemini 4 Argon
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured26.1%Only Inkling measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)77.9%66.8%Gemini 4 Argon
SciCode61.8%47.0%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierCode47.5%14.0%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierSWE55.0%4.1%Gemini 4 Argon
WeirdMLNot measured32.3%Only Inkling measured
ALE-Bench2100.1946.0Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: coding15461466Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: software and IT15561465Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev: React16921404Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena WebDev: HTML16431399Gemini 4 Argon
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
AA Intelligence Index52.625.0Gemini 4 Argon
Epoch Capabilities Index166.4148.4Gemini 4 Argon
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index100
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured22.5Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1196Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1151Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
LiveBench research83.1%59.9%Gemini 4 Argon
LiveBench browser92.0%16.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LiveBench long agentic69.9%14.1%Gemini 4 Argon
SREBench (Vals AI)44.3%0.0%Gemini 4 Argon
Finance Agent (Vals AI)65.4%46.6%Gemini 4 Argon
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)44.6%15.3%Gemini 4 Argon
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)54.8%28.4%Gemini 4 Argon
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)27.1%3.8%Gemini 4 Argon
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)75.2%38.4%Gemini 4 Argon
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)76.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
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%33.8%Gemini 4 Argon
Vending-Bench 2$13,718Not measuredOnly 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 index90
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured87.1%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench reasoning95.1%78.3%Gemini 4 Argon
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)45.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured78.5%Only Inkling measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured87.2%Only Inkling measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)57.1%31.9%Gemini 4 Argon
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)96.4%88.3%Gemini 4 Argon
ARC-AGI98.5%79.5%Gemini 4 Argon
ARC-AGI-291.3%36.5%Gemini 4 Argon
SimpleBenchNot measured50.0%Only Inkling measured
Chess puzzles59.0%21.0%Gemini 4 Argon
Mystery game puzzles64.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
EBR-bench64.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts15461451Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: expert15501466Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English15481448Gemini 4 Argon
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 Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
OTIS Mock AIME100.0%88.9%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 386.0%33.3%Gemini 4 Argon
FrontierMath, tier 478.0%4.9%Gemini 4 Argon
ProofBench99.0%0.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: math15361479Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: mathematical work15571460Gemini 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 Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
MMLU ProNot measured86.3%Only Inkling measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)88.3%83.0%Gemini 4 Argon
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.6%Only Inkling measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.3%Only Inkling measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.0%Only Inkling measured
MedCode (Vals AI)58.8%41.2%Gemini 4 Argon
SimpleQA Verified76.0%40.3%Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: science15481455Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare15551447Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: legal and government15481448Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: business and finance15251438Gemini 4 Argon
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
Design Arena: websites13151224Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: UI components13331200Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: game dev13771166Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: data viz13341160Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: 3D13891161Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: all code categories13281206Gemini 4 Argon
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1109Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1089Only Inkling measured
LiveBench design73.7%58.3%Gemini 4 Argon
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index200
General benchmarks for Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
Vals Index69.2%29.0%Gemini 4 Argon
LiveBench data analysis85.2%72.8%Gemini 4 Argon
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)69.8%58.5%Gemini 4 Argon
SAGE (Vals AI)53.6%36.5%Gemini 4 Argon
MedScribe (Vals AI)87.4%85.4%Gemini 4 Argon
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured49.4%Only Inkling measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)79.7%77.3%Gemini 4 Argon
DTBench97.6%87.5%Gemini 4 Argon
LMCA63.7%37.6%Gemini 4 Argon
Furniture assembly72.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Argon measured
LMArena Text15321442Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: instruction following15341425Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: creative writing15271390Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: English15381442Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: non-English15221434Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: Chinese16111493Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1445Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1429Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1403Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1455Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: Spanish15031449Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: Russian15341430Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1450Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn15561437Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: longer queries15471435Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: writing and language15291404Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text: entertainment and media15271394Gemini 4 Argon
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 Inkling
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonInklingLeader
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
Inkling$0.0030Fits in one request

Inkling costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 4 Argon$0.130Fits in one request
Inkling$0.062Fits in one request

Inkling costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 4 Argon$0.500Fits in one request
Inkling$0.240Fits in one request

Inkling 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 Inkling
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 4 ArgonThinking Machines Inkling
MakerGoogleThinking Machines
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedOctober 13, 2026July 17, 2026
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$2.00$1.00
Output $/Mtok$10.00$4.05
Coding index80.549.7
Independent measurements behind it22
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.76
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Inkling for coding?

Pick Gemini 4 Argon for coding: it scores 80.5 on the Vibe Coding Index against 49.7 for Inkling. Pick Inkling when output tokens cost 2.5x less.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Inkling?

Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Inkling costs $1.00 and $4.05. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling only.

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

Gemini 4 Argon, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

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

79 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 4 Argon's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Inkling's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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