Google Releases Gemini 4 Argon API With 1M Token Output Limit

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<div class=”note”>List prices per 1M tokens: Argon $2/$10 intro, $4/$20 after Nov 30, 2026. GPT-6 Astra $10/$50 (prompts under 272K). Claude Opus 5.5 $4/$20. Claude Fable 5.1 $10/$50. Estimate excludes caching, batch and long-context surcharges.</div>
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<div class=”acc”><h4><span class=”dot” style=”background:#4285F4″></span>Developers</h4><p>Gemini API paid tier in Google AI Studio and Android Studio. Model ID: <code>gemini-4-argon</code>.</p></div>
<div class=”acc”><h4><span class=”dot” style=”background:#9168F0″></span>Enterprises</h4><p>Gemini platform, Gemini for business and Google Antigravity.</p></div>
<div class=”acc”><h4><span class=”dot” style=”background:#FBBC04″></span>Consumers</h4><p>Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.</p></div>
<div class=”acc”><h4><span class=”dot” style=”background:#EA4335″></span>Cyber defenders</h4><p>Fairwind Program partners get Argon without cyber guardrails, on a rolling basis.</p></div>
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<div class=”note”>Known limits from the model card: hallucinations, occasional slowness or timeouts, knowledge cutoff March 2026. Parameter count not disclosed.</div>
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<div class=”ft”><span>Sources: Google blog, Gemini 4 Argon model card and eval methodology, Vals AI. Checked Oct 13, 2026.</span><span class=”mtp”>© Marktechpost</span></div>
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