# Gemini 4 Argon vs LFM3-1.7B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 4 Argon and LFM3-1.7B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-4-argon-vs-lfm3-1-7b
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 4 Argon and LFM3-1.7B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- LFM3-1.7B has the lower published output-token price.
- Gemini 4 Argon has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 4 Argon | LFM3-1.7B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | LiquidAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 82.93 | 22.99 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 78.8 (Estimated · #4/134)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 51.3% | 41.3% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 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 |
| MazeBench | 12% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 68.0% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 38.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 32.6% | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | Coming soon | 80.36% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 68.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 13.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 12.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveClaw | Coming soon | 45.60% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #6/155)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 77.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 55.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 91.90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 45.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 40.7 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 28.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 23% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 12.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 31.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 86.9 (#3/26)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| STEMBench | 2.44 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | 99.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 91.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 46.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 Provider Adapter | 97.30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RULER (128K) | Coming soon | 65.56% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ExtractBench Pro | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | 71.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 91.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 81 (Supported · #8/189)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LABBench2 | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 7.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 0.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| Multi-IF | Coming soon | 89.10% | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | Coming soon | 93.72% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Argon public-lane score: 92.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | LFM3-1.7B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 85.965% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 78.049% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 4 Argon and LFM3-1.7B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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