Google launches Gemini 4 Argon AI model for paid subscribers

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 17:20 · Archive

Google has launched its Gemini 4 Argon AI model, available to Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and Search.

Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, its latest AI model, to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search. Developers can also access it via the Gemini API and Google's agentic development platform Antigravity. In the US, Google AI Pro costs $20 a month, while Ultra costs at least $100.

Google claims Argon outperforms rival models including OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 5.5 across benchmarks for coding, cybersecurity, science, finance and law. According to AI benchmarking company Artificial Analysis, Gemini 4 Argon matches GPT-6 Astra's score at 60 per cent of the cost per task. Google says Argon answers more quickly and with less hedging, repetition and clichés than previous models, and can return responses while still thinking on longer tasks.

Google is pricing Argon competitively at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens until 30 November, when these costs will double. Even after the increase, Argon will still be significantly cheaper than OpenAI's and Anthropic's models on a per-token basis, though this does not necessarily translate to lower overall costs, as models use different numbers of tokens for the same tasks. It is not clear when or if Argon will become available to Plus subscribers or free users.

How it is being reported

• Google's Gemini 4 Argon is now available in the Gemini app and AI Mode in SearchGoogle has rolled out Gemini 4 Argon to more users.Engadget · 13 Oct, 17:00
• Google finally releases Gemini 4 ArgonAfter months sitting on the sidelines of the frontier AI race, Google has finally launched its long-awaited Gemini 4 Argon model, claiming it can compete with the best the industry has to offer. Google says Argon delivers "frontier reasoning and improved performance across complex workflows," while cutting down on hedging, repetition, and the cliches that […]The Verge · 13 Oct, 17:00

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