Ways to buy 6
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
flex, cheapest · cached $0.05 | $1 | $5 | $1 / $5-50% vs list | $0.05 | -50% vs list |
The lab's own API · cached $0.1 | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10List price | $0.1 | List price |
global · cached $0.1 | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10Same as list | $0.1 | Same as list |
us · cached $0.11 | $2.2 | $11 | $2.2 / $11+10% vs list | $0.11 | +10% vs list |
global-priority · cached $0.18 | $3.6 | $18 | $3.6 / $18+80% vs list | $0.18 | +80% vs list |
priority · cached $0.18 | $3.6 | $18 | $3.6 / $18+80% vs list | $0.18 | +80% vs list |
USD per 1M tokens; batch $1 in, $5 out on the lab's API. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $400.00 direct.
Kong AI Gateway$400.00+0%
LiteLLM$400.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$400.00+0%
Cloudflare AI Gateway$420.00+5%
Requesty$420.00+5%
Eden AI$422.00+5.5%
OpenRouter$422.00+5.5%
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Martian GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
Related models
| In / out per 1M | Cheapest route | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google · 66K | $1.5 | $7.5 | $1.5 / $7.5 | $3 | 66K | Lab list price | · |
Google · 1MCheapest: $0.75 on Google Gemini API (flex) | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.75 / $3.75 | $1.5 | 1M | $0.75 on Google Gemini API (flex) | · |
Google · 1MCheapest: $0.75 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.75 / $3.75 | $1.5 | 1M | $0.75 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | · |
Google · 1MCheapest: $0.425 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | $0.3 | $2.5 | $0.3 / $2.5 | $0.85 | 1M | $0.425 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | · |
OpenAI · 1.05MCheapest: $2 on OpenAI (flex) | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1.05M | $2 on OpenAI (flex) | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $4 | $20 | $4 / $20 | $8 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Meta · 1M | $1.25 | $4.25 | $1.25 / $4.25 | $2 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
About Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon is Google's flagship reasoning model, built for complex software engineering, deep mathematical and scientific problem solving, and autonomous multi-step agents.
Takes audio, files, image, text, video in and returns text. First listed Oct 14, 2026. Up to 944K output tokens. Blended price $4 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Overall score 41 on leadersboard.fru.dev (rank 5). Model id gemini-4-argon.
Price history
List price since Oct 14, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Across fru.devCompany profile7 acquisitionsPay schedule7 conferences
Questions
How much does Gemini 4 Argon cost?
$2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.1, or $1 and $5 through the Batch API.
What is the context window of Gemini 4 Argon?
1M tokens, with up to 944K tokens of output.
Where is Gemini 4 Argon cheapest?
Of 6 routes tracked, Google Gemini API is cheapest at $1 input and $5 output per million tokens.