Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon
Gemini 4 Argon is from Google. Gemini 4 Carbon is from Google. Gemini 4 Carbon has no public token price yet.
Prices updated . Benchmarks updated .
| Gemini 4 Argon | Gemini 4 Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| Lab | ||
| You send / 1M | $2.00 | TBA |
| It replies / 1M | $10.00 | TBA |
| Context | 1.05M | TBA |
| Launched | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-28 |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Typical request | $0.0076 | TBA |
| ECI | 166.1 | n/a |
| GPQA | 96.4% | n/a |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 91.3% | n/a |
| HLE | n/a | n/a |
| AIME | 100.0% | n/a |
| SimpleQA | 76.0% | n/a |
| CritPt | 27.1% | 36.0% |
| Arena | 1,529 | 1,540 |
| Arena web | 1,679 | 1,768 |
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 4 Carbon has no public token price yet, so this page cannot say which model is cheaper. Gemini 4 Argon costs $10.00 per million output tokens. Context windows are 1.05M for Gemini 4 Argon and TBA for Gemini 4 Carbon.
Which scores higher?
Gemini 4 Carbon scores higher on CritPt: 36.0% against 27.1% for Gemini 4 Argon. The score is from the current independent dataset, not from the lab. Lab-reported scores are kept off this comparison. Context windows are 1.05M and TBA. Prices are US dollars per million tokens at current public rates.
Verdict
Gemini 4 Carbon scores higher on CritPt (36.0% vs 27.1%). A public token price is missing for at least one model, so this page does not call a cheaper winner. Context is 1.05M for Gemini 4 Argon and TBA for Gemini 4 Carbon. Use the model pages for every score on file, including lab-reported numbers.
FAQ
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon?
Gemini 4 Carbon has no public token price yet, so this page cannot say which model is cheaper. Gemini 4 Argon costs $10.00 per million output tokens. Context windows are 1.05M for Gemini 4 Argon and TBA for Gemini 4 Carbon.
Which scores higher, Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon?
Gemini 4 Carbon scores higher on CritPt: 36.0% against 27.1% for Gemini 4 Argon. The score is from the current independent dataset, not from the lab. Lab-reported scores are kept off this comparison. Context windows are 1.05M and TBA. Prices are US dollars per million tokens at current public rates.
What is the verdict for Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon?
Gemini 4 Carbon scores higher on CritPt (36.0% vs 27.1%). A public token price is missing for at least one model, so this page does not call a cheaper winner. Context is 1.05M for Gemini 4 Argon and TBA for Gemini 4 Carbon. Use the model pages for every score on file, including lab-reported numbers.
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- OpenRouter: Prices, context windows, modalities and the model list come from the OpenRouter public API. Data: OpenRouter.
- Vercel AI Gateway: The no-training flag comes from the Vercel AI Gateway model list.
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- Epoch AI: Independent benchmark scores and the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) come from Epoch AI's Benchmarking Hub, used under CC BY 4.0. Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking, epoch.ai/benchmarks. Scores Epoch marks as external keep their original license, and the source is named on each score.
- LMArena: Arena Elo (text, webdev and vision) comes from the LMArena leaderboard dataset (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset), CC BY 4.0, leaderboard date 2026-10-28.
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- What a score measures: the benchmark guide.