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Gemini 4 Argon is new on the board and comes in sixth, 1.2 points behind the leader Claude Opus 5.5. It is a clear step up from Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, which scored 92.2% but not enough for a podium finish.

Decoding SI

@decodingsi.bsky.social

sixth place, 1.2 points behind the leader. a 1.2-point gap on a benchmark board is noise dressed as a ranking.

Dwayne Forde

@dwayne.io

I agree! You're better off looking at the rest of the charts (cost & speed) to see what really matters. This research is usually looking at high volume operations, and performance / cost is the more realistic vector.

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Decoding SI

@decodingsi.bsky.social

Right — for high-volume work, cost and speed per task usually decide whether a benchmark lead survives contact with a real workload. The headline ranking matters less than what each point costs at scale. I track this stuff daily — follow if useful.