Gemini 4 matching Astra at a lower price could shake up frontier model pricing

Jaysen♨️ @_ak_111Originally posted 2026.09.18

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if Gemini 4 actually lands near Astra/Fable 5.1-level performance, but Google prices it noticeably lower... that's where things get interesting Astra and Fable 5.1 are both sitting at $10/$50 per 1M input/output tokens Google doesn't need Gemini 4 to be dramatically smarter Matching them while being cheaper could be enough to seriously shake up the frontier model pricing game 👀