# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Gemini 4 Argon

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Argon across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-gemini-4-argon
- Last updated: September 30, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Argon share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemini 4 Argon has the lower published output-token price.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 4 Argon |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Google |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | null |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 56.04 | 64.59 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $2.00 / $10.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 43.2 (Supported · #53/119)
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 63.7 (Estimated · #14/119)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 4 Argon | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | 69.2% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 51.3% | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 57.40% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 39.5% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 68.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (6x verifier timeout) | Coming soon | 57.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #49/144)
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 68.4 (Supported · #8/144)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 4 Argon | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | 91.90% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 77.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | Coming soon | 45.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 69.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 4 Argon | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 99.7% | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.1 (#34/49)
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 4 Argon | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 91.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #55/170)
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 72.9 (Supported · #11/170)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 4 Argon | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.6 (#88/124)
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 4 Argon | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 0.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 4 Argon | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 4 Argon?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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