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Gemini 4 Argonvs
Step 5 Preview
Gemini 4 Argon and Step 5 Preview do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Step 5 Preview is 3.2x cheaper per token.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
Step 5 Preview
3.2x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
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unknown
Providers
2 providers
Google · StepFun
Gemini 4 Argon
Google · released 2026-09-30
textvisionvideo
Step 5 Preview
StepFun · released 2026-09-20
textvisionvideo
Quality
Benchmark matrix
0 shared · 4 only Gemini 4 Argon · 0 only Step 5 Preview| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | Step 5 Preview | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 0 | ||||
| No public benchmark is reported for both models yet. | ||||
| Only Gemini 4 Argon reports · 4 | ||||
| AutomationBench | 51.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| CWE-bench v1 | 68% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 77.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LVBench | 91.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Step 5 Preview reports · 0 | ||||
| Step 5 Preview reports nothing Gemini 4 Argon does not. | ||||
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 Gemini 4 Argon minus Step 5 Preview 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 | Gemini 4 Argon | Step 5 Preview | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | — | 1M tokens | — |
| Max output | 1M tokens | 64K tokens | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Input price / 1M | $2 ↗ | $1 ↗ | Step 5 Preview |
| Output price / 1M | $10 ↗ | $2.7 ↗ | Step 5 Preview |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | $0.05 ↗ | Step 5 Preview |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $12 | $3.7 | Step 5 Preview |
| Modalities | text · vision · video | text · vision · video | Tie |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-20 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 4 | 0 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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