Perplexity adds Gemini 4 Argon, citing a WANDR benchmark record
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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model, sets a new state-of-the-art score on the Wide-And-Deep-Research (WANDR) benchmark.
He says the model is available to all Perplexity users in both fast search and Computer (agent) modes.
A Perplexity post on X says the model is available for Pro and Max subscribers. The post does not mention all users, so the two reports differ on who can access the model.
Neither report gives a WANDR score or results for competing models, so the record claim rests on Srinivas's statement alone.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 16, 11:17 AM ET
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Aravind Srinivas@AravSrinivasXGemini 4 Argon sets new WANDR benchmark record, available in PerplexityAIPerplexity says Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model, sets a new state-of-the-art score on the Wide-And-Deep-Research (WANDR) benchmark. The model is available to all Perplexity users in fast search and Computer agent modes.
Perplexity@perplexity_aiOfficialGemini 4 Argon sets new WANDR record, now available in PerplexityAIPerplexity says Gemini 4 Argon has set a new record on WANDR. The model is now available in Perplexity for Pro and Max subscribers.

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