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Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Gemini 4 Argon leads the LLM Stats Score 55.1 to 14.3.

Google · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Argon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 55.1 to 14.3, ranking #4 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 4 Argon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 55.1 and ranks #4 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 4 Argon
Google
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
55.1
#4
14.3
#253
Reasoning
52.4
#7
11.6
#268
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Gemini 4 Argon
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Vision
36.8#8
10.5#129
Multimodal
36.9#8
11.4#121
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

19 reported for Gemini 4 Argon · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 4 Argon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Argon is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 4 Argon

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Argon was released on 2026-09-30, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

Gemini 4 Argon is 25 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Gemini 4 Argon

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

2.1yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Gemini 4 Argon's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemini 4 Argon's cutoff date.

Gemini 4 Argon

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Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Argon
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Gemini 4 Argon leads the LLM Stats Score 55.1 to 14.3. Gemini 4 Argon is made by Google and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 4 Argon compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Argon scores Graphwalks BFS <128k: 99.7%, Vibe Code Bench: 91.9%, LVBench: 91.7%, LABBench2: 88.8%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 84.2%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the main differences between Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (55.1 vs 14.3), licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Argon and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Gemini 4 Argon is developed by Google and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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