The Decoder· Matthias Bastian·· 3 d ago
Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen outscores the bigger Argon just four weeks after its launch
Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen outscores the bigger Argon just four weeks after its launch
AI summary
Google's Gemini 4 Hydrogen replaces the Flash series, but benchmarks suggest it also makes the pricier Argon obsolete. On the independent Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Hydrogen nearly matches Claude Sonnet 5.5 for less money but costs about 2.5 times more per task than GPT-6.1 Sol and still falls short on agentic coding.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 88Second 88
AdmittedSum of both 176 ≥ twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：介绍Gemini 4 Hydrogen模型性能与发布
- Why it was chosen
- Compares Hydrogen with the larger Argon on third-party and official benchmarks and on price, showing where the lighter model sits on value.
- 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.
Source: The Decoder · the-decoder.com