Google's Gemini 4 Argon Pulls Level With GPT-6 Astra and Brings a Smaller Bill
Google‘s Gemini 4 Argon has matched OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, scoring 53 points. At current launch prices, it also costs less to run per test task. Google DeepMind announced the model on September 30. For now, only a group of trusted cyber defenders can use it. Introducing Gemini 4 Argon – our new frontier model. Sponsored Sponsored Argon Puts Google Back Among the Top 3 Labs Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking firm, said the score puts Google back among the top 3 AI labs. Argon also sits 1 point above OpenAIs GPT-6.1 Sol, which scored 52. How Google Gemini Argon Performs. Source: X/Artificial Analysis The model scored 23 points higher than Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, Google‘s previous non-Flash model. Earlier in September, Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash alongside a cybersecurity variant. For comparison, SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.7 scored 46 on the same index in September. Artificial Analysis credited Argons gains to fewer hallucinations and stronger agentic skills. On its AA-Omniscience test, Argon posted a 15% hallucination rate, compared with 51% for Astra. However, Argon answered 50% of those questions correctly, 13 points below Astra. In agentic work, Argon led AutomationBench-AA at 77.5%, ahead of Anthropics Claude Sonnet 5.5 at 71.3%. Still, it trailed Sonnet 5.5, Claude








