# Cline says Gemini 4 Carbon beats Claude and GPT at half the cost

> Original title: Gemini 4 Carbon is the first model to surpass Claude and GPT, and beats Opus 5.5 on nearly every benchmark at half the cost.

- Source: Cline
- Published: 2026-10-28T17:50:55.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/tqblt38kyie719aeuh0c7eemm
- Original: https://x.com/cline/status/2115501578916601925

## Summary

Cline (@cline) says Gemini 4 Carbon is the first model to surpass Claude and GPT, beating Opus 5.5 on nearly every benchmark at half the cost. The post says the model improved 18% in two weeks since Argon.

## Post

Gemini 4 Carbon is the first model to surpass Claude and GPT, and beats Opus 5.5 on nearly every benchmark at half the cost.

That’s an 18% improvement in only 2 weeks since Argon.

![](https://badinfluence.news/api/img-proxy?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FHVvFalTb0AAzjdN.jpg&mode=thumb&exp=1793404800&sig=a1775f1bc6d5f264)