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

Bindhu Reddy says Gemini 4 Argon puts Google back at the frontier and that a few more iterations should bring it close to OpenAI and Anthropic.

A one-minute AI news roundup says Google has fully opened Gemini 4 Argon and is advancing its agent development platform Google Antigravity, aimed at large codebase refactoring and security defense.

isofluff built an installation from a Raspberry Pi and an old TV found in the office, and all the intro graphics in the video were coded by Gemini 4 Argon.

A post shares the latest AI ranking chart after Gemini 4 Argon's release and says Google staff already treat the new model as a teammate that works through the night, with a link to a longer article.

OpenDesign adds Gemini 4 Argon for Plus, Pro and Max users; Max costs $120 for the first month with $300 in shared model credits, and an API key works with OpenCode, Claude Code and Codex.

A complaint post with an image says the user is unhappy with Gemini 4 Argon's performance and calls out Logan to do something about it.

A Japanese bank employee says Gemini 4 Argon ranks first on the 927-question Vals AI Finance Agent v2 benchmark covering EDGAR search, filings, financial calculations and stock analysis, and also praises its role-play dialogue.

A tutorial claims you can route Google AI Pro monthly quota through the Antigravity protocol into a standard OpenAI-compatible API, avoiding official API costs, with streaming and multi-account failover.

A comparison says Gemini 4 Argon reaches 52.9% on CursorBench, beating Fable 5.1 at a much lower price, while Opus 5.5 still leads at its highest setting.

A user complains that Gemini Pro subscribers are still waiting for Gemini 4 Argon to arrive.

Gemini 4 Argon generated a Porsche GT3 RS made entirely of blocks, with accurate body, wheels and rear wing shapes, though the visible block surfaces and rough curves are clear weaknesses.

Japanese AI chat platform CaveDuck is holding a launch event for Gemini 4 Argon, offering 25% off character chat usage until October 21.