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Gemini 4 CarbonAPI Pricing & Specifications
Google DeepMind's most powerful frontier model specialized for defensive cybersecurity, automated exploit remediation, and long-horizon tasks.
📊 Core Specifications & Pricing Rates
Standard Input
$2.00 / 1M tokens
Standard Output
$10.00 / 1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.1000 / 1M tokens
Cache Write
$2.50 / 1M tokens
Context Window
1M (1,000,000 tokens)
Max Output Tokens
64,000 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 Carbon
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Estimated 60% repeated context
Estimated Total Monthly Cost
Compare All Models in Calculator→$132.25/ month
$0.00529 per API request(Saves $42.75/mo with caching)
💡 Estimated Monthly Workload Scenarios
Automated Security Audit & Patching
$500.00/mo5,000 full-repository security vulnerability scans (40,000 input, 2,000 output)
5,000 requests • 40000 in / 2000 out
⚖️ Head-to-Head Competitor Comparisons
Gemini 4 Carbon vs. Gemini 4 Argon
Carbon focuses on deep security vulnerabilities and patch generation, while Argon provides 1M output tokens for massive full-codebase generation.
Identical introductory rates ($2/$10)View Gemini 4 Argon →
Gemini 4 Carbon vs. GPT-6 Astra
Carbon is 80% cheaper than GPT-6 Astra ($2/$10 vs $10/$50) while matching state-of-the-art security benchmarks.
5x cheaper than GPT-6 AstraView GPT-6 Astra →
📜 Historical Price Changes & Updates
2026-10-28
Google DeepMind announced Gemini 4 Carbon as its frontier cybersecurity and long-horizon model with $2.00/$10.00 introductory pricing.
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All pricing, token limits, and capabilities are cross-checked against official provider documentation and live API endpoints.