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Google announces Gemini 4 Argon frontier model

Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, described as its next era of frontier intelligence.

First seen 24 Sep, 09:04 UTC on The Verge18 sourcesLast update 19d ago

How Gemini 4 Argon compares

List prices per million tokens, context and Arena's text leaderboard, against Google's other top models and the leading labs' best. The percentages are Gemini 4 Argon's price against each.

ModelReleasedInputOutputContextArena
Gemini 4 ArgonOctober 2026$2.00$10.001M#1 1525
Nano Banana 2.1October 2026$1.50 +33%$7.50 +33%64Knot ranked yet
Gemini 3.1 Pro$2.00$12.00 -17%2M#14 1487
Claude Opus 5.5September 2026$4.00 -50%$20.00 -50%1M#2 1507
GPT-6 AstraSeptember 2026$10.00 -80%$50.00 -80%1.05M#30 1475
Muse WonderOctober 2026$4.00 -50%$20.00 -50%1Mnot ranked yet

Arena ranks the best effort setting of each model among all models on its text leaderboard. Every model and price.

What the sources say

Linked, never rewritten. Official means the lab itself.

Official1

deepmind.google· 30 Sep, 20:01Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence

Press7

The Verge· 24 Sep, 09:04Gemini 4 is almost ready, says new Google DeepMind chiefThe Decoder· 24 Sep, 13:35Deepmind was built to chase AGI, but its new chief just wants Gemini 4 out the doorArs Technica· 30 Sep, 20:11Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yetThe Verge· 30 Sep, 20:41Google announces Gemini 4 and says it's so capable that only 'trusted cyber defenders' can have it right nowThe Decoder· 30 Sep, 22:06Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear leadSiliconANGLE· 30 Sep, 22:31Google's new frontier AI model Gemini 4 Argon goes to cybersecurity defenders firstTechCrunch· 30 Sep, 23:43Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet

Community9

Hacker News· 30 Sep, 20:04Gemini 4 Argon72 points · 17 commentsr/singularity· 30 Sep, 20:05Gemini 4 from straight from the horses mouthr/singularity· 30 Sep, 20:08Google's unreleased Gemini 4 Argon may have just leaked, and it tops 12 of 18 benchmarks against Fable 5.1, Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra, including 19.6% vs GPT-6 Astra's 5.4% on autonomous legal workr/singularity· 30 Sep, 20:09Introducing Gemini 4 Argonr/OpenAI· 30 Sep, 20:16Wake up babe, it's Gemini 4 frr/singularity· 30 Sep, 20:38Gemini 4 - High Inteligence Index (53) and low on cost (1/3 of Opus 5.5)r/singularity· 30 Sep, 20:43Google Gemini 4 scores same as GPT 6 Astra on Artificial Analysis Benchmark, while costing 40% less.Hacker News· 30 Sep, 20:50Gemini 4 Argon (High): Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis5 points · 1 commentsr/OpenAI· 30 Sep, 22:33Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2

Analysis1

Latent Space· 1 Oct, 06:45[AINews] Gemini 4 Argon: GDM's answer to Astra/Fable, with 1M output

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it appeared. Times in UTC.

24 Sep 09:04The Verge Gemini 4 is almost ready, says new Google DeepMind chief24 Sep 13:35The Decoder Deepmind was built to chase AGI, but its new chief just wants Gemini 4 out the door30 Sep 20:01deepmind.google Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence30 Sep 20:04Hacker News Gemini 4 Argon30 Sep 20:05r/singularity Gemini 4 from straight from the horses mouth30 Sep 20:08r/singularity Google's unreleased Gemini 4 Argon may have just leaked, and it tops 12 of 18 benchmarks against Fable 5.1, Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra, including 19.6% vs GPT-6 Astra's 5.4% on autonomous legal work30 Sep 20:09r/singularity Introducing Gemini 4 Argon30 Sep 20:11Ars Technica Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet30 Sep 20:16r/OpenAI Wake up babe, it's Gemini 4 fr30 Sep 20:38r/singularity Gemini 4 - High Inteligence Index (53) and low on cost (1/3 of Opus 5.5)30 Sep 20:41The Verge Google announces Gemini 4 and says it's so capable that only 'trusted cyber defenders' can have it right now30 Sep 20:43r/singularity Google Gemini 4 scores same as GPT 6 Astra on Artificial Analysis Benchmark, while costing 40% less.30 Sep 20:50Hacker News Gemini 4 Argon (High): Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis30 Sep 22:06The Decoder Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead30 Sep 22:31SiliconANGLE Google's new frontier AI model Gemini 4 Argon goes to cybersecurity defenders first30 Sep 22:33r/OpenAI Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.230 Sep 23:43TechCrunch Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet1 Oct 06:45Latent Space [AINews] Gemini 4 Argon: GDM's answer to Astra/Fable, with 1M output

What the numbers did

Signals for Google from two hours before this story to ten days after: leaderboards, app charts, usage, prices and status.

UsageGemini 3.7 Flash enters OpenRouter's top 10 models by spend, at #8App StoreGoogle Gemini drops out of the top 10 free apps on the US App Store, to #11UsageGemini 3 Flash Preview enters OpenRouter's top 10 models by spend, at #9UsageGemini 3.7 Flash enters OpenRouter's top 10 models by spend, at #7App StoreGoogle Gemini enters the top 10 free apps on the US App Store, at #6App StoreGoogle Gemini drops out of the top 10 free apps on the US App Store, to #11App StoreGoogle Gemini enters the top 10 free apps on the US App Store, at #9MarketPolymarket's new favourite for the best AI model at the end of October: Google at 63%ArenaGemini 4 Argon enters Arena's text leaderboard at #1App StoreGoogle Gemini drops out of the top 10 free apps on the US App Store, to #11App StoreGoogle Gemini enters the top 10 free apps on the US App Store, at #8App StoreGoogle Gemini drops out of the top 10 free apps on the US App Store, to #11

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