Google Gemini 4
From a first release to cyber defenders to the internal Argon, Barium and Carbon lines.
- Oct 1020:15
Google Tests Internal Gemini 4 "Carbon" for Coding; Staff Say It Rivals Claude Opus 5.5
A tester says Carbon's coding is comparable to Claude Opus 5.5; staff had previously said early Argon versions lagged rivals on some coding tasks, and Google has published no benchmarks for Carbon.
- Oct 106:05
Google Unveils Gemini 4 'Argon': Its First New-Generation Flagship Since Gemini 3
Argon is Google's first new-generation flagship since Gemini 3 in November 2025; Anthropic and OpenAI each also released a model priced at $2/$10 this week.