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

A user made a video piece called Dark Lantern & The Beast with Gemini 4 Argon, showing its video generation output.

A demo video shows Gemini 4 Argon implementing Clash Royale gameplay inside a single HTML file, highlighting its front-end and game code generation.

After launching Gemini 4 Argon, Google is tightening free access so free users only get Flash-Lite, with 3.6 Flash and 3.1 Pro removed, pointing to a growing paywall.

From October 9, free accounts are limited to Flash-Lite while 3.6 Flash and 3.1 Pro are dropped, as Gemini 4 Argon arrives and the gap between top-tier and free AI widens.

A user calls on Google to release Gemini 4 Argon soon, warning that interest will die down if the launch drags on.

A mocking post questions Gemini 4 Argon's performance, arguing it could never beat Fable 5.5, with no data given.

The poster notes that bets on Gemini 4 launching after October 15 rose 100%, and concludes it likely won't ship this week.

The author reviews Gemini models' Three.js 3D generation and says Argon is its first checkpoint on Arena and a generational leap for Google's lineup.

A screenshot shows Gemini 4 Argon taking first place on the Text Arena leaderboard with an Elo of 1525, another arena result for an unreleased model.

A rumored Gemini 4 Pro score of 88.7% on DeepSWE is said to beat Claude Opus 5.5's 74.2% and GPT-6 Astra's 74.1%, at roughly half the price with a 2M context window, though it remains a leak.

A user says Gemini 4 Argon has climbed to first place on the Arena text leaderboard, arguing Google is back at the front on model capability and that the question now is whether its AI capex pays off.

A poster complains that Gemini 4 Argon was announced long ago but still isn't available to users, wonders if the numbers were just for investors, and urges an official launch.