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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, matching OpenAI and Anthropic but without a clear lead

Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead

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Google released frontier model Gemini 4 Argon, matching OpenAI and Anthropic on several benchmarks without a clear lead. It is initially available to 'trusted cyber defenders' in the Fairwind program and Google's internal teams before expanding to developers, businesses, and consumers. Promotional API pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.

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This summary compares third-party and human-preference leaderboards, scores, token use, and pricing for Gemini 4 Argon against OpenAI and Anthropic.

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