Gemini 4 Argon

New

google/gemini-4-argon-20261013

Google: Gemini 4 Argon processes audio, file, image, text, and video inputs and outputs text. It has a context length of 1,048,576 tokens and supports tools and reasoning. Input pricing is $2.00 per million tokens, and output pricing is $10.00 per million tokens. It is not an open-weight model.

  • tool use
  • structured outputs
  • reasoning

At a glance

providergoogle
releasedSep 30, 2026
context1.0M
input / M$2

Specifications

What the API gives you

Context window
1.0M tokens
Max output
66K tokens
Input price
$2 / 1M tokens
Output price
$10 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.100 / 1M tokens
Modalities
audio, file, image, text, video → text
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
Sep 30, 2026

Measured evidence

Public benchmark record

Design Arena Coding
1335 Elo2026-10-16
Design Arena UI
1319 Elo2026-10-16
Design Arena Website
1321 Elo2026-10-16
FACTS Grounding
78.6%2026-10-12evaluated 2026-10-12
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (Epoch AI)‡
86% ± 2.12026-10-13high effort, evaluated 2026-10-13
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI)‡
96.4% ± 1.22026-10-13high effort, evaluated 2026-10-13
LMArena Agent‡
13.72026-10-14high effort
LMArena Agent Bash Recovery‡
-21.42026-10-08high effort
LMArena Agent Steerability‡
16.82026-10-14high effort
LMArena Agent Task Outcome‡
14.62026-10-14high effort
LMArena Agent Tool Hallucination‡
02026-10-14high effort
LMArena Creative Writing‡
1527 Elo2026-10-15high effort
LMArena Instruction Following‡
1536 Elo2026-10-15high effort
LMArena Long Query‡
1546 Elo2026-10-15high effort
LMArena Math‡
1536 Elo2026-10-15high effort
LMArena Text‡
1524 Elo2026-10-15high effort
LMArena Text Factuality‡
1511 Elo2026-10-15high effort
LMArena WebDev
1678 Elo2026-10-13
OTIS Mock AIME (Epoch AI)‡
100% ± 02026-10-13high effort, evaluated 2026-10-13
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI)‡
76% ± 1.42026-10-13high effort, evaluated 2026-10-13

LMArena data licensed CC-BY-4.0. Aider (Apache-2.0) and SWE-bench (MIT) are open. Design Arena uses blind human preference. ‡ Submitted scaffold plus model result. Compare the harness and effort settings, not only the model name.

Task evidence

How broad is the support?

Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.

  • Best LLM for Frontend & UIEstablished evidence

    82% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Grounded RAGEstablished evidence

    62% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for a General AssistantEstablished evidence

    59% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Competition MathEstablished evidence

    56% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Logic & Problem SolvingEstablished evidence

    55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Math & ReasoningEstablished evidence

    52% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

Show all 39 tasks
  • Best LLM for Document SummarizationEstablished evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for SummarizationEstablished evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for RAG & Long ContextEstablished evidence

    44% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for CodingEstablished evidence

    36% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Business WritingProvisional evidence

    67% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Marketing CopyProvisional evidence

    67% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayProvisional evidence

    67% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Roleplay & CharacterProvisional evidence

    67% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Creative WritingProvisional evidence

    56% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for WritingProvisional evidence

    56% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Tool & Function CallingProvisional evidence

    38% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Search. 6 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Code CompletionProvisional evidence

    36% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 3 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Hermes AgentProvisional evidence

    29% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or SWE-rebench. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenHandsProvisional evidence

    29% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or SWE-rebench. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for GooseProvisional evidence

    29% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or SWE-rebench. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenClawProvisional evidence

    29% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or SWE-rebench. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Open-Weight LLM for Self-HostingProvisional evidence

    27% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for AI AgentsProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Agentic Coding. 9 of 9 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Value LLMProvisional evidence

    25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Autonomous AgentsProvisional evidence

    22% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Agentic Coding or OSWorld Verified. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Local LLM for CodingProvisional evidence

    21% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence

    20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LongBench v2. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Agentic CodingProvisional evidence

    19% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Design Arena Full-stack or Design Arena Web-apps. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results. Official release evidence is also tracked provisionally.

  • Best LLM for Debugging & Code ReviewProvisional evidence

    17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LiveBench Coding. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Fast SummariesProvisional evidence

    17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Literary TranslationProvisional evidence

    17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Everyday TranslationProvisional evidence

    17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence

    17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Computer & Browser UseProvisional evidence

    17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or OSWorld Verified. 3 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for JSON & Schema OutputProvisional evidence

    12% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Data Analysis. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Structured Data ExtractionProvisional evidence

    12% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LiveBench Data Analysis. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

Official release evidence · provisional

What the launch material actually says

Verbatim claims from the model provider. These help on launch day but do not count as independent confirmation.

Recommendation coverage

Where this model appears

  1. #1Best LLM for Summarization
  2. #1Best LLM for Document Summarization
  3. #1Best LLM for a General Assistant
  4. #1Best LLM for RAG & Long Context
  5. #1Best LLM for Logic & Problem Solving
  6. #1Best LLM for Grounded RAG
  7. #2Best LLM for Tool & Function Calling
  8. #2Best LLM for Massive Context
  9. #3Best LLM for Math & Reasoning
  10. #3Best LLM for Competition Math
  11. #4Best LLM for Computer & Browser Use
  12. #5Best LLM for Coding
  13. #7Best LLM for Frontend & UI

Compare head to head

Catalog data via OpenRouter and models.dev. Last checked within the past 6 hours.