Google · Released Oct 13, 2026Gemini 4 Argon
Google's flagship reasoning model for complex software engineering, deep math and science, and long-horizon autonomous agents.
- Capability
- 166.1ECI · #7 of 165
- Input
- $2.00per 1M tokens
- Output
- $10.00per 1M tokens
- Context
- 1.05M66K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $2.00per million tokens
- Output
- $10.00per million tokens
- Cached input
- $0.10per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $4.00pricier than 85% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $9.00 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $100.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $1,000 |
Official Google API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#7 of 165 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (163.1–170.3); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Google.
The details
- Lab
- Released
- Oct 13, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Mar 2026
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Adjustable effort low · medium · high
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Weights
- Proprietary
- API model ID
gemini-4-argonon Google- Availability
- 24 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Gemini 4 Argon
How much does Gemini 4 Argon cost?
Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Cached input is $0.10 per million tokens. At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $4.00 per million tokens, more expensive than 85% of the 445 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Gemini 4 Argon?
Gemini 4 Argon accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens per request and can write up to 65,536 tokens in one response.
How good is Gemini 4 Argon?
Epoch AI gives Gemini 4 Argon a Capabilities Index score of 166.1 (likely range 163.1–170.3), ranking it #7 of 165 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 96.4%, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 86.0%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 100%, SimpleQA Verified 76.0%.
Is Gemini 4 Argon open source?
No. Gemini 4 Argon is proprietary; you use it through Google’s API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Gemini 4 Argon support?
Gemini 4 Argon accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model with low, medium and high effort settings, supports tool calling and can return structured JSON output.
When was Gemini 4 Argon released?
Google released Gemini 4 Argon on Oct 13, 2026. Its training data runs to Mar 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Gemini 4 Argon?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic, ECI 166.7, $2.00 / $10.00), GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI, ECI 167.8, $2.00 / $10.00), Muse Wonder (Meta, ECI 161.7, $4.00 / $20.00) and Qwen3.8 Max (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 158.0, $2.00 / $6.00).