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Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-6.1 Sol
2 of 5Language Models · verified 20 Oct 2026
Gemini 4 ArgonGooglecurrent
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAIcurrent| Specification | Gemini 4 Argon | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | First on one independent board, fifth on another, and cheap until December. | Astra's score on DeepSWE, at a fifth of Astra's cost. |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input ($/Mtok) | $2 | $2 |
| Output ($/Mtok) | $10 | $10 |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Max output | 262K | 128K |
| Parameters | Not published | Not published |
| Released | 30 Sep 2026, GA 13 Oct | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Model ID | gemini-4-argon | gpt-6.1-sol |
| Category | Language Models | Language Models |
| Official | Google ↗ | OpenAI ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Gemini 4 Argon
- The price doubles to $4 and $20 on 1 December, and cached input is discounted 95%
- First of 41 on the Vals Index at 68.90%, but 52.6 on Artificial Analysis against 57.6 for Opus 5.5
- 77.9 on DeepSWE v1.1 in Google's table, and 55.0 on FrontierSWE v2 where GPT-6 Astra scores 65.5
Best for frontier work while the introductory rate lasts.
GPT-6.1 Sol
- Matches GPT-6 Astra on DeepSWE v1.1 at roughly a fifth of the cost
- $5.47 per Terminal-Bench Science task against $23.80 for Astra
- Above 272K tokens a prompt bills at 2x input and 1.5x output for the whole request
Best for coding and agent work at volume.