Gemini 4 Argon cuts token use 13% vs 3.8 Flash, at $1.99 per task lands among frontier price leaders
haider1 · x · 2026-10-01
A hands-on comparison of token efficiency and cost across frontier models: Gemini 4 Argon uses 13% fewer tokens than 3.8 Flash, addressing the long-standing complaint that Gemini burns too many tokens, though it's still less efficient than GPT-6.1 Sol and Astra. On cost, Argon comes in at $1.99 per Intelligence Index task versus GPT-6.1 Sol at $0.72, GPT-6 Astra at $3.26, Opus 5.5 at $5.98 and Fable 5.1 at $7.63 — not the cheapest, but seriously competitive for frontier-level intelligence.
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