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Gemini 4 Argon vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 12 results on 2 sources that measured both models.
Results as of 8 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-08-4199ce0620fe).
Gemini 4 Argon or MiMo-V2.6-Pro? The short answer
Pick Gemini 4 Argon: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.6 against 46.3) at about the same price.
- Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52.6 against 46.3.
- Gemini 4 Argon is newer: released 30 Sep 2026, against 21 Sep 2026 for MiMo-V2.6-Pro.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Gemini 4 Argon does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.
At a glance
| Gemini 4 Argon | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | Not on sale | $0.43 in · $0.87 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | – | $0.54 |
| Cheapest host, blended | – | $0.54 (DeepInfra, FP8) |
| Cached input, per million | – | $0.004 cached input |
| Intelligence Index | 52.6 | 46.3 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | 39 |
| Context window | – | 1,050,000 tokens |
| Released | 30 Sep 2026 (newer) | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Weights | Closed | Open |
| Developer based in | the US | China |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.
| Use case | Gemini 4 Argon | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls | 3 of 165 | 15 of 164 |
| Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge | 3 of 199 | 10 of 198 |
| WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality | 1 of 189 | 20 of 188 |
| Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers | 1 of 153 | 8 of 152 |
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Gemini 4 Argon | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,525high reasoning | 1,480 |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better | 1,511high reasoning | 1,483 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,522high reasoning | 1,461 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better | 52.6high reasoning | 46.3 |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better | 57.1%high reasoning | 49.4% |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better | 57.1%high reasoning | 34.8% |
Show all 12 results (6 more)
| Measure | Gemini 4 Argon | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results | ||
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,519high reasoning | 1,446 |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,539high reasoning | 1,532 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,528high reasoning | 1,474 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better | 1,522high reasoning | 1,459 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 2 results | ||
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better | 79.7%high reasoning | 86.3% |
| SciCode% of problems, higher is better | 61.8%high reasoning | 60.9% |
Quick answers
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
Pick Gemini 4 Argon: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.6 against 46.3) at about the same price.
Run Gemini 4 Argon and MiMo-V2.6-Pro on your own prompt
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