Google launches Gemini 4 Argon with launch API pricing at half price

Google has released Gemini 4 Argon to developers, enterprises, and paid subscribers, focusing on coding, professional knowledge work, and long-running complex tasks.

Google reports benchmark results on par with GPT-6 Astra and Opus 5.5, and Artificial Analysis gives Argon High a score of 53 alongside GPT-6 Astra Max and Claude Fable5.1 Max.

API pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 for output until November 30, after which it returns to $4 and $20.