# Gemini 4 Argon vs Inkling

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-4-argon-vs-inkling
- 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: Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling 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.
- Inkling has the lower published output-token price.
- Inkling has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | null | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 64.59 | 53.98 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $1.87 / $4.68 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 63.7 (Estimated · #14/119)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.3 (Supported · #64/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling | 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% | 37.0% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (6x verifier timeout) | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 47.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 68.4 (Supported · #8/144)
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #74/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 77.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 55.1% | 4.1% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 91.90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 45.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 54.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Inkling public-lane score: 75.5 (#13/27)

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

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 49.7 (#40/49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (no tools) | 71.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 91.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 72.9 (Supported · #11/170)
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.2 (Supported · #49/170)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LABBench2 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 46% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 83.9 (#44/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 0.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Inkling | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 4 Argon and Inkling?

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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