Gemini 4 Argon (High): Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis

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Analysis of Google’s Gemini 4 Argon (High) and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more.

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Compare Try it out API Provider Benchmarks Model summary Intelligence Updated # 8 / 223 53 Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 4 out of 4 units for Intelligence. Speed N/A Output tokens per second Unknown out of 4 units for Speed. Cost # 77 / 223 In $2.00 Out $10.00 Cache Discount 95% $1.99 Cost per Intelligence Index task 3 out of 4 units for Cost. Verbosity # 74 / 223 110M Output tokens from Intelligence Index 3 out of 4 units for Verbosity. Comparison Summary Gemini 4 Argon (High) is amongst the leading models in intelligence and reasonably priced when comparing to other models of similar price. The model supports text and image input, outputs text, and has a 1M tokens context window.

Gemini 4 Argon (High) scores 53 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among comparable models (median: 26). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 110M tokens, which is somewhat verbose in comparison to the median of 82M.

Pricing for Gemini 4 Argon (High) is $2.00 per 1M input tokens (moderately priced, median: $2.00) and $10.00 per 1M output …

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