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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle DeepMind
Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle
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$2 / $10 per million tokens | $2 / $10 per million tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Developer | Google DeepMind | |
| Released | — | Sep 2026 |
| Status | — | GA - generally available in the Gemini API since October 13, 2026 |
| Licence | — | Proprietary |
| Self-hostable | — | No |
| Cost | ||
| Blended $/1M tokensinput × 0.75 + output × 0.25 | $4.000 / 1M tokens | $4.000 / 1M tokens |
| Input price | $2.000 / 1M tokens | $2.000 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $10.000 / 1M tokens | $10.000 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input | — | $0.10 per 1M tokens through November 30, 2026; $0.20 from December 1 (implicit caching only) |
| Batch discount | — | Batch and Flex: $1 / $5 per 1M through November 30, 2026; $2 / $10 from December 1 |
| Free tier | — | No - not available on the Gemini API free tier |
| Capacity | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Max output | — | 65,536 tokens by default; up to 1,048,576 with long decode |
| Capability | ||
| Vision in | Yes | Yes |
| Audio in | — | Yes |
| Extended reasoning | — | Yes - thinking levels low, medium and high |
| Access | ||
| API | — | Yes - Gemini API, paid tier only (not on the free tier) |
| Chat app | — | Yes - Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search; Ultra subscribers also in Google Antigravity |
| Fine-tuning | — | Not stated |
| Measured quality | ||
| LMArena Elo | 1528 (checked Nov 2026) | 1520 (checked Nov 2026) |
| LMArena rank | Rank 1 | Rank 2 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 96 · high effort |
| Elo per dollarLMArena Elo ÷ blended $/1M tokens | 382 | 380 |
