Gemini 4 Argon launches worldwide with top Vals Index score and introductory pricing
Google says Gemini 4 Argon scored 68.90% on a finance, coding, legal and tax benchmark, ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra, at $2 per million input and $10 per million output tokens, doubling after November 30.
🚨 HUGE: Google launches Gemini 4 Argon worldwide, claiming the top spot on the Vals Index with introductory prices 80% below GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1. Google says Argon scored 68.90% on the benchmark covering finance, coding, legal and tax work, ahead of Claude Opus 5.5 at 66.97% and GPT-6 Astra at 63.13%. Launch pricing starts at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens—but DOUBLES after November 30. Argon is rolling out to developers, businesses and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, spanning the Gemini app, Search and developer tools. Google is also expanding its Fairwind Program, giving hundreds more vetted cyber defenders access to Argon without its standard cyber guardrails.