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Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon, Frontier Model With 1M Token Output for Enterprise Tasks

October 13, 2026 at 12:10 EDT

Foundation Models
Software Dev & Coding

Google DeepMind has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier model targeting long-horizon software engineering, enterprise knowledge work, and cybersecurity defense. The model is currently available only to trusted cyber defenders through Google's Fairwind Program, with broader access planned for paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers at an unspecified date.

• October 2026 • Google DeepMind

1 Million Token Breakthrough

Google's Argon model 15× the output capacity of previous generation, targeting enterprise engineering and cybersecurity with competitive pricing.

Output Capacity Leap

64K Gemini 3

1M Argon

15× increase enables single-pass generation of large code migrations and detailed analysis without interruption.

DeepSWE Software Engineering Benchmark

77.9% Gemini 4
Argon

74.1% GPT-6
Astra

74.2% Claude
Opus 5.5

Argon leads on long-horizon code generation. Mixed results on terminal-driven and independent benchmarks show strength in complex engineering but not across all domains.

✓ Enterprise Appeal

Competitive pricing: Undercuts OpenAI 5× on output costs

Vast context: 1M output for code migration and complex analysis

⚠ Access Limited

No broad availability: Fairwind Program only, Ultra subscribers TBD

Mixed benchmarks: Trails on general reasoning and execution tasks

ℹ Pricing at Launch

Input tokens (intro): $2 per 1M

Output tokens (intro): $10 per 1M

Standard rate: $4 / $20 (future)

Cached input: 95% discount

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