Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon

Google against Google, the same lab's consecutive models. Prices, scores and speed below are live.

  • They cost the same: $6.00 per 1M tokens, 3 input to 1 output.
  • Gemini 4 Carbon scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 60 against 50.4.
  • On the 18 benchmarks both have scores on, Gemini 4 Argon leads on 2 and Gemini 4 Carbon on 15, with 1 tied.
  • Both read up to 1M tokens of context.
  • Gemini 4 Carbon is newer: listed Nov 10, 2026, against Oct 13, 2026.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGemini 4 Carbon
LabGoogleGoogle
ListedOct 13, 2026Nov 10, 2026
Input per 1M tokens$3.00$3.00
Output per 1M tokens$15.00$15.00
Cached input per 1M$0.15$0.15
Blended (3:1) per 1M$6.00$6.00
Context window1M1M
Max output944K944K
Knowledge cutoff--
Intelligence index50.460
Coding index--
ReasoningYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Tool useYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Measured output speed25 tokens/s-

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

In our tests and guides

Where Gemini 4 Argon or Gemini 4 Carbon ran on a real brief, or shows in a live table.

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The indices are the Artificial Analysis indices, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See Google models, Google models, every LLM's price and our sources.