GoKawiilGoogle launches Gemini 4 Argon, undercutting rivals on price
Google has released Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model it says matches or beats GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 5.5 on benchmarks spanning coding, cybersecurity, science, finance and law. The model is rolling out to Gemini app Pro and Ultra subscribers, AI mode in Search, and Ultra users of the Antigravity development platform, starting at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens before prices double in late November.
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The aggressive introductory pricing suggests Google is trying to win developer adoption quickly by undercutting OpenAI and Anthropic on a per-token basis, though actual costs could vary depending on how many tokens each model uses per task. Google's internal use cases—patching vulnerabilities, cutting YouTube compute costs, debugging Wing's drone simulator—indicate the company is positioning Argon as a practical workhorse model rather than just a benchmark leader.
- Gemini 4 Argon launches with claimed benchmark wins over GPT-6 Astra and Claude models
- Introductory pricing of $2/$10 per million tokens is roughly a fifth of rivals' costs, doubling after November
- Availability is currently limited to Pro and Ultra subscribers, with Plus and free-tier access unclear
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