Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen at $1.50/$7.50 per M tokens, 2.5x faster than 3.8 Flash
TorturedPoet30 · reddit · 2026-11-13
Following Gemini 4 Carbon, Google released Gemini 4 Hydrogen, its new fast Flash-class model: $1.50/M input and $7.50/M output tokens, claimed 2.5x faster task completion than 3.8 Flash, with 4 thinking levels. Model card is live.
Benchmark highlights vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 / GPT-6.1 Terra:
- SWE-sweep 13.5% (vs 3.1%/5.8%)
- Terminal-Bench 4.1: 57.0% (Sonnet leads at 63.9%)
- Agents' Last Exam 71.6%, AutomationBench-AA 76.1%
- Vending-Bench 2 balance $14,549 (vs $11,165/$9,107)
- OSWorld-2.1: 77.6% (Sonnet leads 83.9%)
- HLE-Diamond 58.8%, MKA 53.4%, Chartography 66.6% — all leading
Related event: Google Launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, 2.5x Faster Model for Everyone(44 posts)→
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