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Gemini 4 Argon vs Muse Wonder Full

Full profiles: Gemini 4 Argon (Google) and Muse Wonder Full (Meta): every benchmark, price and rank.

Updated · Data from 8 sources

As of 21 Oct 2026, Gemini 4 Argon (high) and Muse Wonder Full (max) are neck and neck on quality (71.0 vs 70.7, inside the ±9.2 margin of error) and close on price, so pick on the category that matters to you. Pick Gemini 4 Argon for knowledge (77 vs 71); pick Muse Wonder Full for reasoning (95 vs 75).

Which to pick for…

The pick's numbers come first. Category scores on the BenchLeader scale (50 is the average model, 15 points one standard deviation). High confidence means a lead of half a standard deviation or more; under one point is called either.

Use casePickWhyConfidence
CodingEither72 vs 72 category score; Arena WebDev 1678 vs 1726Either
ReasoningMuse Wonder Full95 vs 75 category score; CritPt 32.9% vs 27.1%High
KnowledgeGemini 4 Argon77 vs 71 category score; AA-Omniscience 42.4 vs 30.1Medium
Long documentsMuse Wonder Full67 vs 65 category score; AA-LCR 83.7% vs 79.7%Medium
Chat quality (human preference)–Only Gemini 4 Argon has an Arena rating (73 category score)Not comparable
High volume on a budgetNeither flagshipA smaller model is usually the better fit: Cheapest good LLMs, Fastest LLMs–

Key differences

  • Gemini 4 Argon (high) and Muse Wonder Full (max) are neck and neck on quality (71.0 vs 70.7, within the ±9.2 margin).
  • Gemini 4 Argon (high) is stronger in agents & tools, human preference, knowledge, maths.
  • Muse Wonder Full (max) is stronger in composite, long context, reasoning.

At a glance

SpecGemini 4 ArgonMuse Wonder Full
DeveloperGoogleMeta
Released30 Sept 202612 Oct 2026
Generally available13 Oct 202612 Oct 2026
Context window (tokens)1,048,5761,000,000
Max output (tokens)65,536 (up to 1,048,576 with long decode)–
Input typestext, image, video, audio, PDF–
Reasoning effort settingslow, medium, high–
Compared atGemini 4 Argon (high)Muse Wonder Full (max)
Open weightsNoNo
Price in / out / cached input per 1M$2.00 / $10.00 / $0.100–
Announced price change$4.00 / $20.00 / $0.200 from 1 Dec 2026None announced
API model IDgemini-4-argon–
Where to use itGemini API (AI Studio), Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Gemini app–

Limits, availability and announced prices from the vendors' own pages: ai.google.dev, ai.google.dev pricing (checked 20 Oct 2026). Everything else is from the day's data.

Category by category

Category scores on the BenchLeader scale: 50 is the average evaluated model, 15 points is one standard deviation. A gap under one point is called level.

CategoryGemini 4 Argon (high)Muse Wonder Full (max)Leader
Reasoning74.995.0Muse Wonder Full
Coding72.272.2level
Agents & tools72.0–not comparable
Maths70.5–not comparable
Knowledge76.571.4Gemini 4 Argon
Human preference72.9–not comparable
Long context64.967.0Muse Wonder Full
Composite88.592.1Muse Wonder Full

Where sources disagree

Across the 34 benchmarks both have, Gemini 4 Argon leads 21, Muse Wonder Full leads 12 and 1 is a tie. Independent sources split: Gemini 4 Argon leads on Vals Index; Muse Wonder Full leads on AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2.

Overall indexGemini 4 Argon (high)Muse Wonder Full (max)Leader
BenchLeader Index71.070.7neck and neck
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.252.655.8Muse Wonder Full
Vals Index69.266.8Gemini 4 Argon

Each publisher runs its own tasks, harnesses and effort settings, so their overall verdicts can differ; BenchLeader reconciles them on one scale. † measured at another effort setting of the same model (the publisher did not test the one compared here).

Price, speed and latency

List prices blended at three input tokens per output token. Per-task prices use the token counts on the methodology page; suite cost is what Artificial Analysis paid to run its whole Intelligence Index.

MeasureGemini 4 Argon (high)Muse Wonder Full (max)
Blended price per 1M tokens, until 30 Nov 2026$4.00–
Input / output per 1M$2.00 / $10.00– / –
Blended price per 1M from 1 Dec 2026$8.00–
Input / output per 1M from 1 Dec 2026$4.00 / $20.00–
Cached input per 1M$0.100–
Price per task: chat reply$0.0038–
Price per task: summarize a 30-page report$0.030–
Price per task: code edit$0.027–
Price per task: agentic coding session$0.160–
Price per task: structured extraction$0.0060–
Cost to run a full benchmark suite$1.99–
Output speed83 tok/s–
Time to first answer48.5 s–
Time to a complete answer54.6 s–

Each model is compared at its best-ranked reasoning-effort setting. Gemini 4 Argon (high) scores 71.0 and takes 49 s to its first answer token; Gemini 4 Argon scores 63.3 in 4 s. Muse Wonder Full (max) scores 70.7. Higher effort means more thinking before the answer: better scores, longer waits and more tokens billed. How reasoning effort changes scores and cost.

Every benchmark

90 benchmarks, grouped by category; each name links to the board and its leaders. † measured at another effort setting of the same model, shown for reference and not counted as a win.

MetricPublisherGemini 4 Argon (high)Muse Wonder Full (max)
BenchLeader IndexBenchLeader71.070.7
Agents & tools scoreBenchLeader72.0–
Coding scoreBenchLeader72.272.2
Composite scoreBenchLeader88.592.1
Human preference scoreBenchLeader72.9–
Knowledge scoreBenchLeader76.571.4
Long context scoreBenchLeader64.967.0
Maths scoreBenchLeader70.5–
Reasoning scoreBenchLeader74.995.0
Blended price $/MBenchLeader$4.00–
Output speedBenchLeader83 tok/s–
Time to first answerBenchLeader48.5 s–
Context windowBenchLeader1,048,576 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Reasoning
GPQA DiamondEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub96.4%–
Arena Hard PromptsArena (LMArena)1549–
LiveBench 2.0 ReasoningLiveBench95.1%†–
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)Artificial Analysis57.1%53.6%
ARC-AGI-1ARC Prize98.5%–
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize91.3%–
ARC-AGI-3ARC Prize97.3%–
CritPtArtificial Analysis27.1%32.9%
MysteryMechanismVals AI45.5%35.1%
Chess PuzzlesEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub59.0%–
Mystery Game PuzzlesEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub64.0%–
LMCAEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub63.7%–
DTBenchEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub97.3%–
Coding
SciCodeSciCode61.8%–
FrontierCodeCognition47.5%†–
Arena CodingArena (LMArena)1559–
Arena WebDevArena (LMArena)16781726
LiveBench 2.0 CodingLiveBench89.7%†–
SciCode (AA)Artificial Analysis61.8%62.6%
IOIVals AI100.0%79.8%
Code MigrationVals AI68.2%61.0%
ProgramBenchVals AI2.5%0.5%
Vibe Code Bench 1-100Vals AI21.2%34.0%
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Vals AI91.9%86.0%
CursorBenchCursor52.9%–
Show all 90 benchmarks
MetricPublisherGemini 4 Argon (high)Muse Wonder Full (max)
Coding
ALE-BenchEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub2100.1–
FrontierSWEEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub55.0%–
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)Artificial Analysis57.1%57.1%
FrontierCode 1.1 (AA)Artificial Analysis43.5%–
Agents & tools
APEX-AgentsMercor82.4%†–
Arena AgentArena (LMArena)12.1–
LiveBench Long AgenticLiveBench69.9%†–
LiveBench BrowserLiveBench92.0%†–
HiL-BenchScale AI SEAL62.0%†–
GDPval-AA v2.1Artificial Analysis56.2%67.8%
Analyst Agent (AA)Artificial Analysis48.8%–
CUA-benchVals AI4.8%–
CyberBenchVals AI77.9%73.6%
Finance Agent v2Vals AI65.4%59.1%
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkVals AI27.1%23.3%
Legal Research BenchVals AI54.8%53.4%
SREBenchVals AI44.3%11.8%
Tax Agent BenchVals AI44.6%43.0%
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals)Vals AI57.6%58.1%
Terminal-Bench ScienceVals AI44.3%37.1%
Time Horizon Index: KSPVals AI52.5%–
Vending-Bench 2Andon Labs13718.2†–
AutomationBenchArtificial Analysis77.5%71.3%
GDP.pdf (AA)Artificial Analysis21.8%32.6%
Harvey LAB-AA v1.1Harvey3.9%13.1%
AA-Briefcase v1.1Artificial Analysis14861729
Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (AA)Artificial Analysis52.9%–
FACTS SearchGoogle84.0%†–
Maths
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub86.0%–
FrontierMath Tier 4Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub78.0%–
OTIS Mock AIMEEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub100.0%–
ProofBenchVals AI99.0%†–
Arena MathsArena (LMArena)1529–
Knowledge
SimpleQA VerifiedEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub76.0%–
LiveBench 2.0 Data AnalysisLiveBench85.2%†–
LiveBench ResearchLiveBench83.1%†–
AA-OmniscienceArtificial Analysis42.430.1
LegalBenchVals AI88.3%87.4%
PRBench FinanceScale AI SEAL49.9%†–
PRBench LegalScale AI SEAL49.4%†–
BioMysteryBenchVals AI76.3%73.3%
Excel Modeling BenchmarkVals AI75.2%71.9%
MedCodeVals AI58.8%49.9%
MedScribeVals AI87.4%89.3%
Public Benefits BenchVals AI69.8%73.8%
EBR-benchEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub64.8%–
GDP.pdfEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub28.4%–
AA-Omniscience: accuracyArtificial Analysis49.9%43.2%
AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationArtificial Analysis84.9%77.0%
Instruction following
Arena Instruction FollowingArena (LMArena)1527–
Human preference
Arena TextArena (LMArena)1524–
Arena Creative WritingArena (LMArena)1516–
Arena Multi-turnArena (LMArena)1552–
Arena Longer QueriesArena (LMArena)1543–
Multimodal
LiveBench DesignLiveBench73.7%†–
SAGEVals AI53.6%–
AudioMCScale AI SEAL58.4%–
AudioMC (text output)Scale AI SEAL58.4%–
Blueprint-Bench 2Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub54.5%†–
AA-3DArtificial Analysis1154–
Long context
AA-LCRArtificial Analysis79.7%83.7%
Composite
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI Benchmarking Hub166.4†–
LiveBench 2.0LiveBench84.1%†–
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2Artificial Analysis52.655.8
Vals IndexVals AI69.266.8

Data as of 2026-10-21. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

What changed

  • Gemini 4 Argon: list price moves to $4.00 / $20.00 per 1M input / output tokens (announced).
  • Muse Wonder Full (max): BenchLeader Index 68.6 → 70.7.
  • Gemini 4 Argon (high): 1 new result (Harvey LAB-AA v1.1); 2 score revisions.
  • Muse Wonder Full (max): 1 new result (Arena WebDev); 2 score revisions.
  • Gemini 4 Argon (high): 3 new results (LMCA, DTBench, ALE-Bench).
  • Gemini 4 Argon (high): 5 new results (Analyst Agent (AA), FrontierCode 1.1 (AA), Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 (AA)…); 1 score revision.
  • Gemini 4 Argon (high): 6 new results (EBR-bench, Time Horizon Index: KSP, Vibe Code Bench 1-100…); 1 score revision.
  • Muse Wonder Full (max): 21 new results (IOI, LegalBench, Vals Index…).
  • Gemini 4 Argon (high): BenchLeader Index 70.5 → 71.1.
  • Gemini 4 Argon (high): 10 new results (FrontierMath Tiers 1–3, FrontierMath Tier 4, OTIS Mock AIME…); 1 score revision.

Rankings: Best LLM overall · Best LLM for coding · Best LLM for agents · Best cheap LLMs

Gemini 4 Argon vs Muse Wonder Full: questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Muse Wonder Full?
Gemini 4 Argon (high) and Muse Wonder Full (max) are neck and neck on quality (71.0 vs 70.7, within the ±9.2 margin). The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; the two are within the margin of error as of 2026-10-21, so check the category scores for your use.
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Muse Wonder Full for coding?
They are level in coding (72 vs 72 on the category index). On Arena WebDev, the top shared coding benchmark, it is 1678 for Gemini 4 Argon against 1726 for Muse Wonder Full.
Which is better for long documents?
Muse Wonder Full scores higher on long-context benchmarks (67 vs 65). Both take about 1M tokens: Gemini 4 Argon 1,048,576, Muse Wonder Full 1,000,000.
Do independent benchmarks agree on Gemini 4 Argon vs Muse Wonder Full?
Across the 34 benchmarks both have, Gemini 4 Argon leads 21, Muse Wonder Full leads 12 and 1 is a tie. Independent sources split: Gemini 4 Argon leads on Vals Index; Muse Wonder Full leads on AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2.
When was Gemini 4 Argon released?
Gemini 4 Argon became generally available on 13 Oct 2026, after first appearing on 30 Sept 2026.