# Gemini 4 Carbon ranks #1 in Text Arena and #2 in Agent Arena

> Original title: Exciting news: Gemini 4 Carbon (High) from @GoogleDeepMind just made a huge debut on Arena, landing #1 in Text Arena, #2 in Agent Arena,...

- Source: Arena
- Published: 2026-10-28T17:24:47.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/a7r2xt71774gwaxz0dhnihuyc
- Original: https://x.com/arena/status/2115495002998751262

## Summary

Arena says Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Carbon (High) debuted at #1 in Text Arena with 1528 points, #2 in Agent Arena, and #4 in Code Arena: WebDev. In Agent Arena it shows a +16.2% net improvement over baseline across 21.9K real-world agentic sessions, at a $1.80 median cost per task, 72% less than Claude Opus 5.5 (Max).

## Why it matters

The post gives leaderboard ranks, scores, and cost per task for Gemini 4 Carbon, letting readers compare it with other frontier models across three Arena leaderboards.

## Post

Exciting news: Gemini 4 Carbon (High) from @GoogleDeepMind  just made a huge debut on Arena, landing #1 in Text Arena, #2 in Agent Arena, and #4 in Code Arena: WebDev. Back at the top, Gemini 4 Carbon delivers frontier intelligence and reshapes the Pareto frontier across three arenas.

In Agent Arena, Gemini 4 Carbon ranks #2 with a +16.2% net improvement across +21.9K real-world agentic sessions from our global community, surpassing top models GPT-6 Astra and Fable-5.1. At $1.80 median cost per task, Gemini 4 Carbon (High) costs 72% less than the #1 ranked Claude Opus 5.5 (Max).

Its standouts by key signals:
- #1 Steerability (+18.6%): can the model course-correct when you push back?
- #2 Praise vs Complaint (+37.9%): implicit sentiment in users' reactions
- #3 Confirmed Success (+18.7%): explicit “yes, that worked” from users

In Code Arena: WebDev, Carbon scored 1768 pts landing #4:
- Just 2 pts below #3 Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xHigh), at 1770 pts
- 89 pts above #11 Gemini 4 Argon (High), at 1679 pts

By category, it ranks #3 in Gaming and Simulations, and #5 in Brand & Marketing.

In Text Arena, Gemini 4 Carbon (High) is the new #1 with 1528 pts, now ahead of Gemini 4 Argon (High) at #2 with 1520 pts.

Congrats to the @GoogleDeepMind team on this huge milestone!

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## Quoted post @GoogleDeepMind

> Gemini 4 Carbon is our next frontier model.
> 
> It’s state-of-the-art across cybersecurity and long-horizon capabilities.

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/2115489356437651654