Google · API model
Gemini 4 Argon
API id gemini-4-argon prices checked
- Input
- $2.00/1M
- Output
- $10.00/1M
- Context
- 1.05Mtokens
- Max output
- 66Ktokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not disclosed
- Typical request
- $0.007
Pricing
US dollars per 1 million tokens. A typical request (1,000 input + 500 output tokens) costs $0.007 at standard rates.
| Rate | Input | Cached input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $2.00 | $0.10 | $10.00 |
| From Dec 1, 2026Announced price rise | $4.00 | $0.20 | $20.00 |
| BatchAsynchronous, results within 24 hours | $1.00 | — | $5.00 |
| FlexLower price, slower responses | $1.00 | — | $5.00 |
| PriorityPriority tier. Rises to $7.20 / $36.00 on December 1, 2026. | $3.60 | — | $18.00 |
Capabilities and limits
| Context window | 1.05M tokens |
|---|---|
| Max output | 66K tokens |
| Input | TextImagesVideoAudioFiles (PDF) |
| Output | Text |
| Reasoning | Adjustable effort |
| Tool use | Yes |
| Structured output (JSON) | Yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not disclosed by the vendor |
Lifecycle status
No deprecation or shutdown date announced on Gemini API's official deprecations page as of Oct 23, 2026.
Change history
Launches, price changes and retirements for Gemini 4 Argon, newest first, each linked to the vendor's notice.
Gemini 4 Argon generally available at $2 / $10 per 1M tokens
The launch price runs through November 30. From December 1 it costs $4 / $20.
vendorGoogle
Benchmarks and speed
Not collected yet. Scores will come only from independent leaderboards, each shown with its source and test date.
Planned: GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench Verified, AIME 2025, LMArena Elo, output speed and time to first token.
Where these numbers come from
Every value is an observation with a source and a date. independent is a third-party catalog, vendor is the model maker's own page, derived is our calculation.
| Field | Value | Source | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard price, input / output | $2.00 / $10.00 | vendorGemini API pricing | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Standard price, input / output | $2.00 / $10.00 | independentLiteLLM | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Standard price, input / output | $2.00 / $10.00 | independentOpenRouter | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Release date | 2026-10-13 | vendorGoogle | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 | vendorGemini API model docs | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Price from December 1, 2026 | $4.00 / $20.00, cached $0.20. LiteLLM and OpenRouter show only the current rate | vendorGemini API pricing | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Max output | Google: 65,536 by default, up to 1,048,576 with long decode. LiteLLM 1,048,576; OpenRouter 943,718 | vendorGemini API model docs | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not on the Google pages we read. One tracker says March 2026, unconfirmed | independentDevToolPicks | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Benchmarks at launch | Embodied Reasoning 87%, RareBench 57%, LabBench 52.2%, Gray Swan prompt-injection attack success 0.7% (Google's own figures) | vendorGoogle launch post | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Typical request | $0.007 | derivedai-magazine calculation: 1,000 input + 500 output tokens | Nov 5, 2026 |