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Gemini 4 Argon vs Gemini 4 Hydrogen

Compare Gemini 4 Argon from Google and Gemini 4 Hydrogen from Google on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Gemini 4 Argon
Google · text, image, video, audio, pdf → text

Gemini 4 Argon is Google DeepMind’s multimodal reasoning model for complex software engineering, financial research, legal drafting, and cybersecurity defense. It supports sustained reasoning across long, multi-step workflows, combining coding capabilities with chart and long-video understanding. It can also autonomously discover, validate, and patch software vulnerabilities.

Input$2 /M
Output$10 /M
Cache read$0.1 /M
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Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Google · text → text

Gemini 4 Hydrogen is a Google Gemini 4 model focused on speed and efficiency. Potential use cases include everyday conversations, text processing, and interactive applications where fast responses matter.

Input$1.5 /M
Output$7.5 /M
Cache read$0.075 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Input /M
$2
$1.5
Output /M
$10
$7.5
Cache read /M
$0.1
$0.075
Context length
1,048,576
0
Max output
65,536
0
Time to First Token
11.5 s
5.3 s
Throughput
339.4 tok/s
79.4 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideoaudiopdf
text
Supported Parameters
API Formats
Released
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November 12, 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Gemini 4 Hydrogen
$203 /mo
Gemini 4 Argon
$270 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 4 Hydrogen?

Gemini 4 Hydrogen: $7.5/M output tokens; Gemini 4 Argon: $10/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

Gemini 4 Hydrogen: 5.3s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 4 Argon at 339.4 tok/s and Gemini 4 Hydrogen at 79.4 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 4 Argon accepts text, image, video, audio and PDF input; Gemini 4 Hydrogen accepts text input.

Can I call Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 4 Hydrogen with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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