Gemini 4 Argon benchmarks

Gemini 4 Argon is a proprietary model from Google, released 30 Sep 2026. Access is limited to trusted testers and Fairwind cyber defenders; general API and consumer access has not launched. Prices shown are announced introductory rates, not a generally available offer. It ranks 2nd of 54 on our overall leaderboard and 5th of 54 for reasoning. At A$5.76 per million tokens (blended), it costs 1.3× the median model we track.

#2 OF 54 OVERALLA$5.76 / 1M TOKENSUPDATED 2 OCT 2026
ACCESS
Restricted preview
MAX OUTPUT
1,000,000 tokens
WEIGHTS
Proprietary
RELEASED
30 Sep 2026
GOOGLE DOCS ↗
Access is limited to trusted testers and Fairwind cyber defenders; general API and consumer access has not launched. Prices shown are announced introductory rates, not a generally available offer. Official availability, checked 2 Oct 2026.
§ 02 — RESULTS

Benchmark results.

Independent test scores are for the high effort setting. “Among tracked” ranks Gemini 4 Argon against the 54 models on this site; LMArena ranks run across its full leaderboard.

ALL RESULTS5 OF 8 CORE SIGNALS
Gemini 4 Argon benchmark results
BENCHMARKRESULTAMONG TRACKEDSOURCE DETAIL
INDEPENDENT TESTS · ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS
AA Intelligence Index52.6#5 of 54high effort
Humanity’s Last Exam57.1%#3 of 54high effort
AA-LCR79.7%#32 of 54high effort
SciCode61.8%#3 of 49high effort
BLIND HUMAN VOTES · LMARENA
LMArena Text4,942 votes · ±91525#1 of 49#1 of 410 on LMArena · 30 Sep 2026
LMArena WebDev2,184 votes · ±141679#8 of 52#8 of 137 on LMArena · 30 Sep 2026
LMArena Agent3,417 sessions#8#7 of 42#8 of 46 on LMArena · 30 Sep 2026
§ 03 — COST

What Gemini 4 Argon costs in Australian dollars.

List prices converted at the snapshot’s RBA rate, excluding GST. Reasoning models are billed for their thinking as output tokens, so heavier settings cost more than the job estimates show.

LIST PRICE
Gemini 4 Argon price per million tokens
PER MILLION TOKENSAUDUSD LIST
Input tokensA$2.88US$2.00
Output tokensA$14.39US$10.00
Blended (3 in : 1 out)A$5.76US$4.00
EVERYDAY JOBSESTIMATES
Estimated cost of common jobs in Australian dollars
JOBCOST (AUD)MEDIAN MODEL
Customer support replyPER 1,000 REPLIESA$10.07≈ A$8.20
Summarise a 30-page documentPER 100 DOCUMENTSA$6.91≈ A$5.35
Agentic coding taskPER 10 TASKSA$5.47≈ A$4.27
§ 04 — AUSTRALIA

Running Gemini 4 Argon in Australia.

Access is limited to trusted testers and Fairwind cyber defenders; general API and consumer access has not launched. Prices shown are announced introductory rates, not a generally available offer. How the platforms compare →

AUSTRALIAN CLOUD REGIONS
Gemini 4 Argon availability in Australian cloud regions
PLATFORMAVAILABILITYDETAIL
AWS Bedrock · SydneyNOT OFFERED
AWS Bedrock · MelbourneNOT OFFERED
Azure · Australia EastNOT OFFERED
Google Vertex AI · SydneyNOT OFFERED
§ 06 — QUESTIONS

Gemini 4 Argon, answered.

Gemini 4 Argon lists at US$2.00 per million input tokens and US$10.00 per million output tokens — A$2.88 and A$14.39 at A$1 = US$0.6949 (RBA, 1 Oct 2026), excluding GST. A typical customer support reply works out at about A$10.07 per 1,000 replies, before any reasoning tokens. Access is limited to trusted testers and Fairwind cyber defenders; general API and consumer access has not launched. Prices shown are announced introductory rates, not a generally available offer.

Access is limited to trusted testers and Fairwind cyber defenders; general API and consumer access has not launched. Prices shown are announced introductory rates, not a generally available offer.

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