Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon
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Data updated on November 14, 2026· 230 models
Gemini 4 Argon is Google's flagship reasoning model, built for complex software engineering, deep mathematical and scientific problem solving, and autonomous multi-step agents.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 1 M tokens
- Max output
- 944 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $2.00
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $10.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.100
- Batch (input / output)
- $1.00 / $5.00
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 10/13/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-03
- API id
- google/gemini-4-argon
Gemini 4 Carbon is a frontier Gemini 4 model from Google for coding, agentic and complex reasoning work.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 1 M tokens
- Max output
- 944 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $2.00
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $10.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.100
- Batch (input / output)
- $1.00 / $5.00
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- ▲11/10/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-03
- API id
- google/gemini-4-carbon
Which is the better API choice: Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon?
- Gemini 4 Carbon: the newest (11/10/2026)
Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon cost the same ($2.00 input, $10.00 output per million tokens). All accept 1 M tokens of context. Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
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Which is the better API choice: Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon?
Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon cost the same ($2.00 input, $10.00 output per million tokens). All accept 1 M tokens of context. Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
Which is cheaper: Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon?
Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon cost the same: $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 output.
Which has more context: Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon?
Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon accept the same context: 1 M tokens.
Which is newer: Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon?
Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 11/10/2026; Gemini 4 Argon on 10/13/2026.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Gemini 4 Argon: $70.00; Gemini 4 Carbon: $70.00 a month, at list price.
Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?
From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.
What does price per million tokens mean?
It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.
Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.