# Gemini 4 Argon vs Grok 4.6

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 4 Argon only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 4.6 leads overall 68.59 to 64.59.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 77.1 for Gemini 4 Argon and 57.7 for Grok 4.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) in Instruction Following, with scores of 0.7% and 51.8%.
- Grok 4.6 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Grok 4.6 also has the larger context window at 500K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | null | 500K |
| Overall Score | 64.59 | 68.59 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 63.7 (Estimated · #14/119)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 68.2 (Supported · #6/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 51.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 57.40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 39.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 68.0% | 57.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (6x verifier timeout) | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 26.5% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 57.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 13% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 4 Argon
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 68.4 (Supported · #8/144)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 61.6 (Supported · #18/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 77.9% | 65.9% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 55.1% | 25.3% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 91.90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 45.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 27 fixes | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | Coming soon | 61.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 95.6% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 57.7 (#23/27)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 99.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 87.00% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 2.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (no tools) | 71.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 91.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 4 Argon
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 72.9 (Supported · #11/170)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 68.8 (Supported · #16/170)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LABBench2 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 0.7% | 51.8% | Gemini 4 Argon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 4 Argon or Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 4 Argon and Grok 4.6?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 77.1 for Gemini 4 Argon and 57.7 for Grok 4.6.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 4 Argon cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 4 Argon currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.6 currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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