Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Carbon

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IndexAll categories, out of 100.
78.5 ±4.3
82.7 ±5.1 best
GapIndex points below the top.
−4.2 · no clear gap
Top
CoverageIndex weight that has results.
80%
80%
SpeedOutput tokens per second.
28/s
31/s best
EloLMArena rating and rank.
1530
1538 best
ReleasedMonth of release.
2026-09
2026-10
Input / 1MUS dollars per 1M input tokens.
$2.00
$2.00
Output / 1MUS dollars per 1M output tokens.
$10.00
$10.00
Batch output / 1MBatch price per 1M output tokens.
$5.00
$5.00
1K chats2K tokens in, 500 out, each.
$9.00
$9.00
1K documents20K tokens in, 1K out, each.
$50.00
$50.00
1K agent tasks200K tokens in, 20K out, each.
$600.00
$600.00
ContextMaximum tokens in one request.
1.05M
1.05M
AgenticMulti-step tasks with tools.
77.3
83.2 best
CodingCode writing and repair.
76.7
80.5 best
ReasoningLogic problems and puzzles.
79.8
83.9 best
MultimodalTasks with images and text.
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KnowledgeFacts and expert knowledge.
76.5
79.5 best
MultilingualTasks in many languages.
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InstructionTasks with strict prompt rules.
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MathMath problems.
75.9
77.2 best

Benchmarks

36 shared
Only Gemini 4 Argon: 50Only Gemini 4 Carbon: 3
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Carbon
79.7% best45 / 217
79.3%52 / 217
96.4%2 / 217
96.5% best1 / 217
100.0%1 / 200
100.0%1 / 200
48.3%26 / 164
58.3% best9 / 164
91.3%7 / 131
92.1% best5 / 131
98.5% best1 / 126
97.5%5 / 126
91.9% best3 / 123
89.1%9 / 123
97.1%6 / 122
97.9% best3 / 122
99.5% best1 / 116
98.5%6 / 116
76.0%3 / 91
77.7% best2 / 91
Chess PuzzlesReasoning
59.0%10 / 90
78.0% best2 / 90
86.0%13 / 90
90.5% best6 / 90
54.8%5 / 90
55.8% best1 / 90
49.2%4 / 82
51.8% best1 / 82
64.0%8 / 80
73.0% best5 / 80
78.0%12 / 72
95.1% best4 / 72
57.6%8 / 61
63.1% best4 / 61
13.29 / 54
19.1 best2 / 54
13.27 / 54
18.4 best4 / 54
72.5%8 / 37
77.5% best6 / 37