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

The author shares four before-and-after examples showing whether the TasteSkill v2 skill improves Gemini Argon's frontend code generation.

A user says early testing shows Gemini 4 Argon is the first model to rival GPT-6 Pro, producing impressive results on biomedical science tasks.

A user calls Gemini 4 Argon the smartest model, barely ahead of Opus 5.5 without relying on long thinking, while calling Muse Wonder Full dim.

The author had Argon write Python code for Blender, generating all assets, video and music from code, and notes that clear requirements and iteration time matter.

Google has released Gemini 4 Argon, with stronger reasoning for code, math, science and agents, a 1M-token context, and API pricing of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.

Given the same Bangkok photo and prompt to rebuild the scene in three.js, Sonnet 5.5 took 13 minutes and $1.54, while Gemini 4 Argon took 29 minutes and $1.79.

Figma says Gemini 4 Argon is rolling out to Figma Make, where early tests show it is strong at interactive prototypes, 3D visuals, games, SVG animation and multi-step coding.

On the same task, Gemini 4 Argon took 5.5 minutes and cost $1.58, while Claude Opus 5.5 took 14 minutes and cost $2.54.

Google's official developer blog has a page on Gemini 4 Argon for robotics, prompting a reflection that domain expertise may not be required to solve a field's problems.

A Korean post details Argon's public launch: unavailable on Free and AI Plus, limited to the app and Search on Pro, and needed Ultra for Antigravity and AI Studio, with API promo pricing of $2 input/$10 output doubling in December and an Artificial Analysis index of 53 versus Opus 5.5's 54.

A developer who just launched a personal agent says Gemini 4 Argon is a real step change for combining long-context memory, tool calling and natural judgment, and shares product observations on voice companionship, CarPlay demand and social features.

A user shares results from Blender combined with Gemini 4 Argon, calling the output impressive and saying Google has finally delivered.