Gemini 4 Pro / Flash: benchmarks, hands-on tests and leaks

A user had Gemini Argon run a hair simulation and let it pick the hairstyle itself, with the result looking rather wild.

Venice says Gemini 4 Argon is usable anonymously without a Google account or Pro/Ultra subscription, with unlogged prompts, daily free quota and 500 welcome credits.

A Chinese user claims a Gmail promo offers a year of Gemini Pro for $8, granting Gemini 4 Argon and Opus 5.5 access in Antigravity plus YouTube Premium.

A short post asserts that Gemini 4 Argon performs better than GPT-6 Astra on real-world tasks, without any methodology or data.

A short reply jokes that Gemini 4 Argon "chose violence," without offering any concrete detail.

A complaint post lists Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol, Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon, saying nobody can keep up with the release pace.

Paid Google AI Pro users can now select Gemini 4 Argon in Antigravity's app, CLI, or IDE extension and check remaining quota under Usage.

Command Code's weekly recap lists new VS Code and Cursor extensions, several Flash models and free stealth models, plus integration of Gemini 4 Argon and Meta's Muse Wonder.

A user asks for real-project comparisons on whether Gemini 4 Argon now outperforms Opus 5.5 for coding.

Polymarket projects Gemini 4 Argon will still be the best AI model at the end of October, with Anthropic overtaking it looking less likely each day.

A user frames Gemini 4 Argon and Muse Wonder Full as two new AI challengers and asks which has more potential.

Leak claims Google is testing Gemini 4 Carbon on its Jetski coding platform with coding performance close to Claude Opus 5.5, possibly as an Argon upgrade rather than a separate launch.