# Arena posts first-impression video comparing Gemini 4 Carbon preview

> Original title: First impressions of Gemini 4 Carbon’s preview by @GoogleDeepmind are in. @petergostev just put it through a long run of 3D generations, ...

- Source: Arena
- Published: 2026-10-28T19:58:21.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/xs11svfldu9v3ozggwx5wlq6x
- Original: https://x.com/arena/status/2115533649395503204

## Summary

Arena says Peter Gostev ran Gemini 4 Carbon, the new preview from Google DeepMind, through 3D generations, creative prompts, visual explainers and UI tasks. The video compares Carbon against Gemini 4 Argon, Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol, Muse Wonderful, Kimi and DeepSeek. The post includes a chapter list but no scores or verdict beyond the video.

## Post

First impressions of Gemini 4 Carbon’s preview by @GoogleDeepmind are in. @petergostev just put it through a long run of 3D generations, creative prompts, visual explainers and UI tasks, compared against Gemini 4 Argon, Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol, Muse Wonderful, Kimi and DeepSeek.

Watch now to see an early preview of the latest model coming from @GoogleDeepMind.

0:00 Intro: Gemini 4 Carbon
0:15 First test (White House): Carbon vs Argon
1:28 Carbon vs Claude Opus 5.5
2:42 Carbon vs GPT-6.1 Sol
3:06 Carbon vs Muse Wonderful and Kimi
3:48 Why test with 3D generations
4:45 Playable 3D game: Carbon, Argon, Sol, Opus
6:28 Where Carbon falls short: gaps in detail
7:50 Stonehenge
8:30 Golden Gate Bridge
10:41 Golden Gate Bridge: GPT-6.1 Sol comparison
11:53 Carbon's creativity
15:33 Monet paintings transition
18:37 Van Gogh paintings world
21:47 Why creativity matters in a model
23:30 Another 3D prompt: Carbon vs Opus, Sol, Muse, DeepSeek
26:27 London through the ages
29:56 Istanbul
31:44 Harbin ice city
33:20 New test: visual explainers (how lightning works)
35:34 John Snow and the cholera map
38:20 UI work
39:45 Golden Gate Bridge completion animation
40:43 More UI generations
41:55 Ski resort site and ramen ordering
44:20 Verdict

[Video](https://badinfluence.news/api/img-proxy?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Famplify_video_thumb%2F2115530802356453376%2Fimg%2FbNIaMs4uNN3VALWJ.jpg&mode=thumb&exp=1793491200&sig=efdd8694f1fffd37)