GooglereasoningGemini 4 Argon pricing
$2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 1.8¢ per chat answer and 4.2¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Gemini 4 Argon costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 1.8¢$17.84 / 1,000 | 35 in · 915 out · 862 reasoning | 302 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.82¢$8.19 / 1,000 | 271 in · 128 out · 637 reasoning | 299 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 4.1¢$41.38 / 1,000 | 52 in · 2,522 out · 1,606 reasoning | 290 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 3.3¢$32.72 / 1,000 | 293 in · 1,229 out · 1,984 reasoning | 290 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 9.1¢$90.88 / 1,000 | 1,308 in · 1,332 out · 7,494 reasoning | 315 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 3.0¢$30.05 / 1,000 | 706 in · 653 out · 2,211 reasoning | 310 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 4.2¢$42.38 / 1,000 | 12,741 in · 611 out · 1,079 reasoning | 292 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 2.7¢$26.76 / 1,000 | 452 in · 533 out · 2,053 reasoning | 312 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 6.5¢$65.01 / 1,000 | 6,304 in · 882 out · 4,358 reasoning | 254 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 2.9¢$29.00 / 1,000 | 3,608 in · 599 out · 1,579 reasoning | 302 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 7.9¢$79.06 / 1,000 | 1,397 in · 565 out · 7,062 reasoning | 322 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 9.7¢$96.65 / 1,000 | 5,207 in · 1,368 out · 7,256 reasoning | 291 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 2.6¢$26.30 / 1,000 | 135 in · 620 out · 1,983 reasoning | 311 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | $1.51$1,510 / 1,000 | 2,194,987 in · 14,715 out · 99,150 reasoning | 266 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Gemini 4 Argon through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Google AI Studiounknown | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.05 | 1M | 100% |
Googleunknown | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.10 | 1M | 100% |
Google AI Studiounknown | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.10 | 1M | 90% |
Googleunknown | $2.20 / $11.00 | $0.11 | 1M | |
Googleunknown | $3.60 / $18.00 | $0.18 | 1M | |
Google AI Studiounknown | $3.60 / $18.00 | $0.18 | 1M |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Oct 16, 2026 at $2.00 input / $10.00 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Gemini 4 Argon cost?
Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per 1 million input tokens and $10.00 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.10 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 1.8¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 4.2¢.
Where is Gemini 4 Argon cheapest?
Among 6 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Google AI Studio: $1.00 input and $5.00 output per 1M tokens.
Does Gemini 4 Argon charge for reasoning tokens?
Yes. Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens. That is why the cost per task can be much higher than the visible answer suggests - our task costs include them.
Is the Gemini 4 Argon cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Gemini 4 Argon was not run directly. Tokens come from Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Google. Real usage can differ.