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Gemini 4 Argon: What the Benchmarks Don't Tell You
Community description: Google's Gemini 4 Argon tops coding benchmarks, but only in High mode. An honest guide to thinking levels, the coming price doubling, and real-world results.
Dev.to | Oct 16, 2026 | ali
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Google says Argon beats GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5. 5 on 13 of 19 benchmarks in its own comparison. The scores most quoted by the tech press, reported by VentureBeat against rival models, look like this: DeepSWE v1. 1 (software engineering): Argon 77. 9%, Opus 5. 5 74. 2%, GPT-6 Astra 74. 1% Zapier AutomationBench (business automation): Argon 51. 3%, Opus 5. 5 42. 5%, Astra 41. 4% Terminal-Bench 4. 0 (terminal tasks): Argon 57. 4%, Opus 5. 5 66. 4%, Astra not reported Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: Argon 53, Opus 5.
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