Gemini 4 Argon API Pricing
Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens.These rates were last verified on .
Gemini 4 Argon: current and scheduled rates
New rates take effect December 1, 2026. Exact transition time/timezone not specified by Google. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.
| Model | Rate period | Input | Cached | Output | Input / output vs current |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 Argon | Current introductory rate | $2.00 | $0.1 | $10.00 | Comparison baseline |
| Gemini 4 Argon | Standard rate from December 1, 2026 | $4.00 | $0.2 | $20.00 | 100% higher / 100% higher |
Built from the scheduled rate card in the canonical pricing API.
Published rates and billing units
| Billing dimension | USD list price |
|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $2.00 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.10 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $10.00 |
| From 2026-12-01: Input / 1M tokens | $4.00 |
| From 2026-12-01: Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.20 |
| From 2026-12-01: Output / 1M tokens | $20.00 |
Verified 2026-10-24 · Official source · Pricing methodology. Taxes, optional services and account-specific discounts are not included.
Introductory pricing ends 2026-11-30. Published future rates are listed separately above.
Cost examples
These examples use published list prices only. They exclude taxes, enterprise discounts, minimum charges, retries, batch discounts, and provider-specific billing rules.
1M input + 1M output
$12.00
A direct per-million comparison against every other text model.
100K input + 25K output
$0.45
A compact chat, summarization, or analysis workload.
10M input + 2M output
$40.00
A monthly production estimate for heavier RAG or agent traffic.
75% cached input + 250K output
$3.08
Cached input is about 95% cheaper than standard input at list price.
Calculator for Gemini 4 Argon
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Input cost
$2.00
Output cost
$10.00
Total
$12.00
Estimates use the current listed rates, not future rates. Scheduled pricing effective December 1, 2026. Standard rate from December 1, 2026: $4 input / $0.2 cached input / $20 output per 1M tokens. Exact transition time/timezone not specified by the provider. Cache storage and other non-token fees are excluded.
Price history
No list-price movement across 24 daily snapshots from 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-24.
When to use Gemini 4 Argon
Good fit
- code generation, debugging, and agentic development work where output quality affects engineering time
- reasoning-heavy prompts, planning, analysis, and multi-step tool use
- high-volume routing, classification, extraction, summaries, and fallback traffic
Be careful with
- blind migration without testing your own prompts, latency, and failure modes