Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon with 1M-token output, priced $2/$10 per M tokens
testingcatalog · x · 2026-10-01
- Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model built for sustained deep reasoning across long workflows in software engineering, enterprise work, and cybersecurity defense, previewed by Sundar Pichai.
- Early access is restricted to trusted cyber defenders via the Fairwind Program, plus participation in the US government's voluntary pre-release process; broader rollout starts with paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers.
- Pricing: introductory $2/M input and $10/M output tokens, cached input at a 95% discount, rising to $4/$20 after the intro period.
- Output limit raised from 64K to 1 million tokens, enabling hundreds of thousands of tokens in a single trajectory.
- It reportedly matches GPT-6 Astra on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at 60% of the cost per task at discounted prices.
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