Gemini 4 Argon goes GA: matches GPT-6 Astra on intelligence at 60% of the cost
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-10-14
Artificial Analysis reports Google's Gemini 4 Argon is now generally available, matching GPT-6 Astra on the Intelligence Index at a Cost per Task of just 60%.
Key points:
- Google's first proprietary model above the Flash class in over 7 months
- Launch discount of 50% until Nov 30: $1.99 Cost per Task, 40% cheaper than GPT-6 Astra (max); priced $2/$10 per 1M input/output tokens with 95% cache-read discount, rising to $4/$20 afterward
- Substantial agentic gains on AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA and Terminal Bench 4, a historical weak spot for Google
- 15% hallucination rate on AA-Omniscience, the lowest among models scoring 45+ on the Intelligence Index
Related event: Google launches frontier model Gemini 4 Argon worldwide(116 posts)→
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