Gemini 4 Argon API pricing
Gemini · checked against the official price page on 2026-10-24
Current price
USD per million tokens.
| Input | 2 |
|---|---|
| Input (cache hit) | 0.1 |
| Output | 10 |
Standard introductory rates through November 30, 2026; from December 1 input $4, cached input $0.20, output $20. Implicit caching only; tool calls billed separately.
What it costs
At the prices above, with no cache hits. Models priced in USD are converted at 1 USD = 6.733 CNY (PBoC central parity, 2026-10-09).
Estimates cover the listed input, cache-read and output token rates only; cache-write, storage and tool-call charges are excluded.
| 10M input and 2M output tokens a month | $40 (about ¥269) |
|---|---|
| 100M input and 20M output tokens a month | $400 (about ¥2,693) |
| 1000M input and 200M output tokens a month | $4,000 (about ¥26,932) |
A single call with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.009; ten thousand such calls cost about $90 (about ¥606).
For your own usage: API cost calculator
Where it ranks
Ordered by the monthly cost of 100M input and 20M output tokens, cheapest first, Gemini 4 Argon is number 25 of 31 models. Models priced in USD are converted at 1 USD = 6.733 CNY (PBoC central parity, 2026-10-09).
| 1. OpenAI gpt-6-luna | 135 CNY / month |
|---|---|
| 2. Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 | 135 CNY / month |
| 3. Zhipu GLM-5.3-Flash | 136 CNY / month |
| 4. Baidu ERNIE-4.5-Turbo | 144 CNY / month |
| 5. MiniMax MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | 180 CNY / month |
| 6. DeepSeek deepseek-flash | 270 CNY / month |
| 7. Qwen qwen3.7-plus | 360 CNY / month |
| 8. MiniMax MiniMax-M3 | 378 CNY / month |
| 9. MiniMax MiniMax-M2.7 | 378 CNY / month |
| 10. Google Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | 539 CNY / month |
| 11. Mistral AI Mistral Large | 539 CNY / month |
| 12. Baidu ERNIE-5.1 | 760 CNY / month |
| 13. Google Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1,010 CNY / month |
| 14. DeepSeek deepseek-v4-pro | 1,080 CNY / month |
| 15. xAI grok-4.3 | 1,178 CNY / month |
| 16. Kimi kimi-k2.7-code | 1,190 CNY / month |
| 17. Kimi kimi-k2.6 | 1,190 CNY / month |
| 18. Zhipu GLM-5.3 | 1,360 CNY / month |
| 19. Mistral AI Mistral Large 4 | 1,479 CNY / month |
| 20. Qwen qwen3.8-max | 1,920 CNY / month |
| 21. xAI grok-4.7 | 2,155 CNY / month |
| 22. Kimi kimi-k3.1-pro | 2,660 CNY / month |
| 23. OpenAI gpt-6.1-sol | 2,693 CNY / month |
| 24. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 2,693 CNY / month |
| 25. Google Gemini 4 Argon | 2,693 CNY / month |
| 26. Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 2,963 CNY / month |
| 27. Kimi kimi-k3 | 4,000 CNY / month |
| 28. Kimi kimi-k3.1-pro-highspeed | 5,320 CNY / month |
| 29. Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 | 5,386 CNY / month |
| 30. OpenAI gpt-6-astra | 13,466 CNY / month |
| 31. Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 | 13,466 CNY / month |
Other Gemini models
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: $2 input, $12 output
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: $0.75 input, $3.75 output
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: $0.3 input, $2.5 output
Gemini against other vendors
- DeepSeek vs Gemini
- Kimi vs Gemini
- Qwen vs Gemini
- Zhipu vs Gemini
- MiniMax vs Gemini
- ERNIE vs Gemini
- OpenAI vs Gemini
- Claude vs Gemini
- Gemini vs Grok
- Gemini vs Mistral
Gemini price changes
Verification date: Gemini 4 Argon Standard introductory rates are $2 input / $0.10 cached input / $10 output through November 30. Listed rates from December 1 are $4 / $0.20 / $20, not yet the current rates. source