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Gemini 4 ArgonAPI Pricing & Specifications

Google's frontier autonomous model with groundbreaking 1M output tokens, defensive cybersecurity, and software engineering capabilities.

📊 Core Specifications & Pricing Rates

Standard Input
$2.00 / 1M tokens
Standard Output
$10.00 / 1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.1000 / 1M tokens
Context Window
2M (2,097,152 tokens)
Max Output Tokens
1,000,000 tokens
Supported Capabilities:✓ Vision✓ Function Calling / Tools✓ JSON Mode✓ Deep Reasoning
📦 Asynchronous Batch API Supported: Official provider documentation offers a 50% discount on non-streaming 24h batch requests.

Live Workload Cost Estimator: Gemini 4 Argon

Adjust token volumes to simulate your exact monthly API bill.

Interactive Simulation
Estimated 60% repeated context
Estimated Total Monthly Cost
$132.25/ month
$0.00529 per API request(Saves $42.75/mo with caching)
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💡 Estimated Monthly Workload Scenarios

Full-Repository Refactoring & Migration

$175.00/mo

250 complex codebase modernization queries (150,000 input tokens, 40,000 output tokens)

250 requests • 150000 in / 40000 out

Enterprise Defensive Cybersecurity Audit

$100.00/mo

500 whole-system vulnerability & telemetry analyses (300,000 input tokens with caching, 10,000 output tokens)

500 requests • 300000 in / 10000 out

⚖️ Head-to-Head Competitor Comparisons

Gemini 4 Argon vs. GPT-6 Astra

Gemini 4 Argon offers an unmatched 1M token output limit with 95% prompt caching discount ($0.10/1M vs $0.25/1M).

Similar introductory tierView GPT-6 Astra →

Gemini 4 Argon vs. Claude Opus 5.5

Gemini 4 Argon is 60% cheaper on input ($2.00 vs $5.00) and 60% cheaper on output ($10.00 vs $25.00) with 1M output tokens.

2.5x cheaper than Opus 5.5View Claude Opus 5.5 →

📜 Historical Price Changes & Updates

2026-09-30
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon with an unprecedented 1M token output limit and promotional API pricing of $2.00 in / $10.00 out per 1M tokens.

🔗 Verified Primary Sources

All pricing, token limits, and capabilities are cross-checked against official provider documentation and live API endpoints.

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