Gemini 4 Argon

Google's flagship reasoning model for complex software engineering, deep math and science, and long-horizon autonomous agents

Strongest at
Computer use
Top 2% of the past year's models · 2 of 3 benchmarks
Price per 1M tokens
$2 / $10
input / output · Google
Context window
1.05M
tokens in · 65.5K out

Capability profile

Scored against 90 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model; further out is better.

This modelMedian of the past year
50120Median of the past yearCoding: 65 · Top 17%Writing: 63 · Top 21%Reading & documents: 71 · Top 8%Reasoning: 85 · Top 4%Math: 75 · Top 6%Science: 71 · Top 14%Visual reasoning: 76 · Top 8%Computer use: 109 · Top 2%CodingWritingReadingReasoningMathScienceVisionComputer use
Coding65Top 17%
Writing63Top 21%
Reading & documents71Top 8% · 1 test
Reasoning85Top 4%
Math75Top 6%
Science71Top 14% · 1 test
Visual reasoning76Top 8%
Computer use109Top 2%
Where these scores come from

Each capability combines the published benchmarks listed here, rescaled so 50 is the reference average and 15 points is one standard deviation. A hollow dot rests on a single benchmark.

Price against capability

The shaded corner holds anything better and cheaper. Prices blend input and output 3 to 1.

Nothing from the past year scores higher on Computer use for less.

$0.1$0.3$1$3$10406080100Muse Spark Open: 61, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 86, $0.2 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 82, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 92, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 76, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 57, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 93, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 70, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 68, $0.27 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 87, $20 per 1MQwen3.8 Max 0902: 47, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 62, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 69, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 79, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 68, $0.24 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 77, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 73, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 68, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 76, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 68, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 74, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 94, $3 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 79, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 66, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 47, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 70, $6 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 65, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 64, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 55, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 60, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 55, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 58, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 51, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 78, $20 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 59, $10 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 53, $3.38 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 57, $0.11 per 1MGPT-5.5: 70, $11.2 per 1MKimi K2.6: 34, $1.71 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 64, $10 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 60, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 55, $2.15 per 1MGPT-5.4: 65, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 63, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 55, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 52, $1.35 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 75, $10 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 109, $4 per 1MGemini 4 ArgonPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Computer use$0.1$1$10406080100Muse Spark Open: 61, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 86, $0.2 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 82, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 92, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 76, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 57, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 93, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 70, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 68, $0.27 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 87, $20 per 1MQwen3.8 Max 0902: 47, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 62, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 69, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 79, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 68, $0.24 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 77, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 73, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 68, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 76, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 68, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 74, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 94, $3 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 79, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 66, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 47, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 70, $6 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 65, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 64, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 55, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 60, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 55, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 58, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 51, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 78, $20 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 59, $10 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 53, $3.38 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 57, $0.11 per 1MGPT-5.5: 70, $11.2 per 1MKimi K2.6: 34, $1.71 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 64, $10 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 60, $2 per 1MGLM-5.1: 55, $2.15 per 1MGPT-5.4: 65, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 63, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 55, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 52, $1.35 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 75, $10 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 109, $4 per 1MGemini 4 ArgonPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Computer use

Google $2 / $10 · OpenRouter $2 / $10 · Cached input $0.1

ECI STANDING#5 of 270
SCORE166.45163.23–171.52 CI
FRONTIER LAGLaunched 1.0 months behindScores about what Claude Fable 5.1 did in September 2026.
Full Epoch Capabilities Index ranking ↗

Epoch benchmark boards

Best result on each board it has run. The tick marks the leader.

GPQA diamond
96%#1 of 233
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
100%#1 of 215
SimpleQA Verified
76%#1 of 84
APEX-Agents
82%#1 of 51
DTBench
98%#5 of 179
ARC-AGI-2
91%#5 of 103
ARC-AGI
98%#6 of 107
Mystery Game Puzzles
64%#5 of 87
10 more boards
ProofBench
99%#7 of 81
EBR-bench
65%#3 of 27
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
86%#10 of 89
Chess Puzzles
59%#11 of 93
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
78%#10 of 71
Furniture Assembly
72%#5 of 34
WeirdML v3
41%#5 of 23
FrontierSWE
55%#5 of 21
FrontierCode
48%#12 of 46
MirrorCode
59%#4 of 10

Google's past year

38 release days in the past year, about one every 10 days. The next is expected around Oct 31, 2026. Forecasts ↗

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More from the lab

Launch announcement · Oct 13, 2026Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problemsLaunch announcement · Oct 13, 2026Gemini 4 Argon is now available for developers.Related article · Oct 13, 2026Gemini 4 Argon comes to the Gemini app.Related article · Oct 13, 2026Gemini 4 Argon for RoboticsRelated article · Oct 23, 2026See what 5 builders are making with Gemini 4 Argon

Specifications

RELEASE DATESep 30, 2026
WEIGHTSClosed weights
CONTEXT WINDOW1.05M
MAX OUTPUT65.5K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext, image/png, image/jpeg, image/webp, image/heic, image/heif, video/mp4, video/mpeg, video/mov, video/avi, video/x-flv, video/mpg, video/webm, video/wmv, video/3gpp, audio/wav, audio/mp3, audio/aiff, audio/aac, audio/ogg, audio/flac, audio/mpeg, audio/m4a, audio/l16, audio/opus, audio/alaw, audio/mulaw, audio/webm, application/pdf
OUTPUTStext

Models.dev record ↗

Specifications and prices from Models.dev; availability and limits may differ by provider. Benchmarks from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), LiveBench and the other sources named above.