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Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. DeepSeek V4 Pro is 2.3x cheaper per token.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
Gemini 4 Argon leads
Cheaper per token
DeepSeek V4 Pro
2.3x cheaper, input + output
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both 1M tokens
Providers
2 providers
DeepSeek · Google
DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek · released 2026-08-13
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Gemini 4 Argon
Google · released 2026-09-30
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Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 10 only DeepSeek V4 Pro · 3 only Gemini 4 Argon| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Gemini 4 Argon | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 62.7% ↗ | 77.9% ↗ | -15.2 pt | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Only DeepSeek V4 Pro reports · 10 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | 96.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1450.6 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 2.4% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 45.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (with tools) | 60% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 96.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 77.6% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 87.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Gemini 4 Argon reports · 3 | ||||
| AutomationBench | not reported | 51.3% ↗ | — | — |
| CWE-bench v1 | not reported | 68% ↗ | — | — |
| LVBench | not reported | 91.7% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek V4 Pro minus Gemini 4 Argon in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Gemini 4 Argon | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | — | — |
| Max output | 384K tokens | 1M tokens | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Input price / 1M | $1.32 ↗ | $2 ↗ | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Output price / 1M | $3.96 ↗ | $10 ↗ | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.044 ↗ | $0.1 ↗ | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $5.28 | $12 | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| Modalities | text | text · vision · video | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Released | 2026-08-13 | 2026-09-30 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 11 | 4 | — |
Reliability
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