The Decoder· Matthias Bastian·· 2026-10-01
Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead
Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead
AI summary
Gemini 4 Argon is Google's first frontier model in over seven months. It matches GPT-6 Astra in independent testing but can't keep up with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5. The per-token price is low, but Argon burns through more than twice as many tokens per task as Astra. Select testers get access first, with the API and paid tiers following later.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 78Second 78
AdmittedSum of both 156 ≥ twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：介绍Gemini 4 Argon模型及AI基准评测
- Why it was chosen
- Gathers independent evaluations and pricing data to compare where Argon stands against GPT-6 and the Claude series on intelligence index, agentic tasks and cost.
- Same event
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
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