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Gemini 4 Argon

First on one independent board, fifth on another, and cheap until December.

currentGoogle ↗Verified 2026-10-20

$2

per M input, until 1 December

Specifications

Context1Msource · as of 2026-10-20
Input ($/Mtok)$2source · as of 2026-10-20
Output ($/Mtok)$10source · as of 2026-10-20
LicenceProprietarysource · as of 2026-10-20
Max output262Ksource · as of 2026-10-20 · low confidence
ParametersNot publishedsource · as of 2026-10-20
Released30 Sep 2026, GA 13 Octsource · as of 2026-10-20
Model IDgemini-4-argonsource · as of 2026-10-20 · medium confidence

Official links

Gemini 4 Argon model pageGoogle official site

What matters

  • 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.

Compare with

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