# Gemini 4 Argon API pricing

Gemini 4 Argon is one of Google's newest models. It costs $2 per million tokens it reads and $10 per million it writes, $4 on a mix of 3 read for each 1 written. Below are every price Google lists for it, what 8 everyday jobs cost a month on it, and the models that do as well for less.

- Page: https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-4-argon
- Maker: Google

## Price per million tokens, in US dollars

| | Price |
| --- | --: |
| Input | $2 |
| Cached input | $0.10 |
| Cache write | not listed |
| Output | $10 |
| Blend, 3 read for each 1 written | $4 |
| Batch input | not listed |
| Batch output | not listed |
| Context window, tokens | not listed |
| Longest answer, tokens | not listed |
| Capability score (Epoch Capabilities Index; GPT-5 is 150) | 165 |

Until 30 November 2026. From 1 December 2026 it is $4 in, $20 out and $0.20 cached.

## What 8 everyday jobs cost a month

Each job at its usual runs a day, for 30 days, at the standard price.

| Job | Tokens in, out, runs a day | A run | A month |
| --- | --- | --: | --: |
| A chat question | 300, 500, 100 | 0.56 cents | $16.80 |
| A hard question, with thinking | 300, 1,400, 100 | 1.5 cents | $43.80 |
| A long report, summarised | 60,000, 2,000, 20 | 14 cents | $84.00 |
| A 40-turn agent task | 2,800,000, 40,000, 10 | $1.21 | $364 |
| A support bot's reply | 4,000, 300, 2,000 | 0.72 cents | $432 |
| Sort a message into a category | 250, 5, 50,000 | 0.055 cents | $825 |
| Read an invoice into fields | 1,500, 250, 1,000 | 0.55 cents | $165 |
| Review a pull request | 25,000, 4,500, 50 | 9.5 cents | $143 |

## Cheaper models that score as well as Gemini 4 Argon

None of the newest models that scores about as well costs less on a mix of 3 tokens read for each 1 written.

## Questions

### How much does Gemini 4 Argon cost?

Gemini 4 Argon costs $2 per million input tokens, the text it reads, and $10 per million output tokens, the text it writes, thinking included. On a mix of 3 tokens read for each 1 written, that is $4 per million.

### How much does cached input cost on Gemini 4 Argon?

Text Gemini 4 Argon reads again from the cache costs $0.10 per million tokens, against $2 the first time. Google lists no separate price for writing to the cache.

### Does Gemini 4 Argon have a batch price?

Not on Google's price page, which lists no batch price for Gemini 4 Argon. The cache still lowers the price of text it reads again.

### How good is Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon scores 165 on the Epoch Capabilities Index, an independent score from Epoch AI that combines over 50 benchmarks, with a range of doubt from 162 to 169 (GPT-5 is 150). One score is an average; test it on 10 tasks of your own.

### Is there a cheaper model as good as Gemini 4 Argon?

Not among the newest models we list: none that scores about as well on the Epoch Capabilities Index costs less on a mix of 3 tokens read for each 1 written.

### Where does Gemini 4 Argon rank on price?

Gemini 4 Argon is the 11th cheapest of the 16 newest models we list, by the price of 3 tokens read for each 1 written.

### What does a support bot cost a month on Gemini 4 Argon?

At 2,000 replies a day, each reading 4,000 tokens (50 percent of them from cache) and writing 300, a support bot costs 0.72 cents a reply on Gemini 4 Argon, $432 a month.

### What does an AI agent task cost on Gemini 4 Argon?

One 40-turn task that reads 2,800,000 tokens in all, 90 percent of them from cache, and writes 40,000, costs $1.21 on Gemini 4 Argon. At 10 tasks a day that is $364 a month.

## Sources

- [Google: API prices](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
- [Epoch Capabilities Index, by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks/eci)
- Every model's prices as [JSON](https://tecyfy.com/prices.json) or [CSV](https://tecyfy.com/prices.csv), free to use

## Compare

- [Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemini 4 Argon](https://tecyfy.com/prices/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-gemini-4-argon.md)
- [Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Gemini 4 Argon](https://tecyfy.com/prices/compare/gemini-3-1-pro-preview-vs-gemini-4-argon.md)
- [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite vs Gemini 4 Argon](https://tecyfy.com/prices/compare/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-vs-gemini-4-argon.md)
- [Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemini 4 Argon](https://tecyfy.com/prices/compare/gemini-3-flash-preview-vs-gemini-4-argon.md)
- [Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Gemini 4 Argon](https://tecyfy.com/prices/compare/gemini-2-5-pro-vs-gemini-4-argon.md)
- [Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Gemini 4 Argon](https://tecyfy.com/prices/compare/gemini-2-5-flash-vs-gemini-4-argon.md)
- [Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemini 4 Argon](https://tecyfy.com/prices/compare/gemini-2-5-flash-lite-vs-gemini-4-argon.md)
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## Google's other models

- [Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-3-8-flash.md)
- [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-3-5-flash-lite.md)
- [Gemini 3.6 Flash](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-3-6-flash.md)
- [Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-3-1-pro-preview.md)
- [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-3-1-flash-lite.md)
- [Gemini 3 Flash Preview](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-3-flash-preview.md)
- [Gemini 2.5 Pro](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-2-5-pro.md)
- [Gemini 2.5 Flash](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-2-5-flash.md)
- [Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite](https://tecyfy.com/prices/gemini-2-5-flash-lite.md)