# Gemini 4 Argon vs Inkling-Small

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling-Small.

## Summary

- Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling-Small do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling-Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | null | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 64.59 | 54.21 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.58 / $1.44 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 63.7 (Estimated · #14/119)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 35.5 (Supported · #67/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling-Small | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (6x verifier timeout) | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 68.4 (Supported · #8/144)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 40.2 (Supported · #62/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 77.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 91.90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 45.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 51.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 99.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 40.1% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 8.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 49.8 (#39/49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (no tools) | 71.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 91.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 72.9 (Supported · #11/170)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #51/170)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LABBench2 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 47.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 83.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 89.2 (#20/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 0.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling-Small on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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- [Inkling-Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)
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