Gemini 4 Argon generates 13K-token SVG otter in 112s for just $0.155
_mbdr_ · x · 2026-10-14
A user benchmarked Gemini 4 Argon (default effort) on a single SVG illustration task, "Otter on a Plane":
- Input: 43 tokens ($0.00009); output: 15,514 tokens (13,369 SVG + 2,145 thinking), completed in 112 seconds
- At $2/$10 per 1M tokens, total cost came to just $0.155
- The result is a polished illustration of an otter working on a laptop mid-flight
A quick, concrete look at the new model's speed and cost on long single-shot generation.
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