Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon to developers and paid users, API priced at half rate until Nov 30
Google has begun rolling out Gemini 4 Argon to developers, enterprises, and paid subscribers worldwide, with API pricing at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens until November 30, after which prices revert to $4 and $20. The model reportedly matches GPT-6 Astra and Opus 5.5 in Google's internal benchmarks and scores 53 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index, with an average per-task cost of $1.99 for Argon High, about 39% lower than Astra.
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刚刚，Gemini 4终于来了：谷歌重回御三家，API限时半价 henry 2026-10-16 13:04:59 来源： 量子位 谷歌就是季节性气候模型公司 henry 发自 凹非寺 量子位 | 公众号 QbitAI 要我说，谷歌就是季节性气候模型公司，天气凉了，旗舰也就熟了。 刚刚，Gemini 4 Argon正式面向全球开发者、企业及付费订阅用户陆续开放。 按照谷歌的定位，这一代主要加强了编程、专业知识工作和复杂任务的持续执行能力，同时也把此前比较擅长的视觉理解、空间推理和工具调用能力进一步推向前沿。 在官方展示的demo中，看得出这次Gemini 4 Argon最自信的还是多模态方面。 输入一段模拟风筝的文字提示，生成的效果直接起飞。 而在大家更关心的 能不能重回御三家、给用户多一个模型选择 这件事上，Gemini4 Argon这次在评测中也表现得相当争气。 在谷歌自家评测中，Gemini4 Argon覆盖了办公、智能体编程、机器学习以及科学推理等多个方向，整体表现已经达到GPT-6 Astra、Opus5.5的水平，其中不少项目甚至实现领先。 第三方Artificial Analysis智能指数中，Argon High也与GPT-6 Astra Max、Claude Fable5.1 Max并列53分。 更关键的是，在达到同等水平的情况下，Argon High的平均每任务成本仅为1.99美元，比Astra低约39%。 这一成本优势体现到首发价格上，就是API每百万输入token2美元，输出10美元。粗算了一下就是Argon的调用成本约为Opus5.5的一半、Astra的五分之一。 值得一提的是，优惠截至11月30日，12月1日起，输入和输出价格将分别恢复至4美元和20美元。也就是说，先打五折，欢迎大家来试。 当然，如果模型不够聪明，做个任务来回烧token，那省下来的钱可能又全烧回去了。 提前体验过Gemini4 Argon的Ethan Mollick，也给出了相当中肯的判断： 这一代相比此前的 Gemini 是一次明显跃升，创造力、写作和使用体验都有进步，但复杂多智能体任务仍有差距，偶尔还会过于自信、犯点懒。 至于为什么新一代旗舰又让大家等了这么久，我翻了翻谷歌的新发布页面，看到了一份217页的安全报告～ （谷歌还是太怕出事了） 最自信的还是多模态 从P
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