# Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence

The model features a 1M-token output limit and will launch at $2 per million input and $10 per million output tokens.

- Rolling out initially to trusted cybersecurity defenders without cyber guardrails through the Fairwind Program.
- Cached input tokens are priced at a 95% discount off the standard input rate.
- Scores 77.9% on the DeepSWE v1.1 software engineering benchmark and 51.3% on Zapier's AutomationBench.
- Broad availability will launch first to paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers.

## Why it matters

Developers and security teams gain access to a 1M-token output generation limit for long-horizon software engineering and automated vulnerability remediation.

## Sources

- [Google DeepMind: Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence](https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-4-argon-our-next-era-of-frontier-intelligence)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-30. https://dstilled.ai/story/15991a1d-6e24-471d-8555-f7f9867f3a13