$ diff gemini-4-argon fugu-max
Gemini 4 Argon vs Fugu Max
Values come from Gemini 4 Argon and Fugu Max, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
Google DeepMindGemini 4 Argon
- context
- 2M
- weights
- closed
- $/M in
- $2
- $/M out
- $10
- context
- 1M
- weights
- —
- $/M in
- $2
- $/M out
- $6
What actually differs
- Context window
- Gemini 4 Argon takes 2M against 1M — 2× more room in a single request.
- Output price
- Fugu Max at $6/M against $10/M — 1.7× cheaper to generate. Output dominates the bill on most agentic workloads, where the model writes far more than it reads.
- Recency
- Gemini 4 Argon shipped 19 days after Fugu Max (2026-09-30 vs 2026-09-11).
Full spec
| Attribute | Gemini 4 Argon | Fugu Max |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Google DeepMind | Sakana AI |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-11 |
| Context window | 2M tokens | 1,000,000 |
| Pricing | $2/M input · $10/M output · cached input $0.10/M (introductory; stated to double to $4/$20) | $2/M input · $6/M output |
| License | proprietary | not recorded |
| Availability | Fairwind Program (trusted cyber defenders) only; paid API and Google AI Ultra stated as next, no date | Sakana API (OpenAI-compatible), OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway |