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Why use Gemini 4 Carbon on Google AI Studio?
Google AI Studio offers Gemini 4 Carbon with pay-as-you-go pricing at $2.00/1M input tokens. Google AI Studio is a model prototyping environment and API access point for Gemini models, offering an inference playground for developers to test and build AI applications.
Compare Gemini 4 Carbon across 4 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install google-genaiexport GOOGLE_API_KEY=...import os
from google import genai
client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
response = client.models.generate_content(gemini-4-carbonRequest example
import os
from google import genai
client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
response = client.models.generate_content(
model="gemini-4-carbon",
contents="Hello"
)
print(response.text)Gotchas
- Use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash", "gemini-1.5-pro", or "gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06".
- The examples expect GOOGLE_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Gemini 4 Carbon Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| OpenRouter | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $2.00 | $10.00 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $2.00 |
| Output tokens | $10.00 |
Capabilities
About Gemini 4 Carbon
Gemini 4 Carbon is a Google DeepMind reasoning model that Google announced on October 28, 2026 for a subset of cyber defenders and trusted partners in its Fairwind Program, and made generally available on November 10, 2026 through the Gemini API, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Vertex AI), Google Antigravity, the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for Google AI Ultra subscribers. Google describes it as its most capable reasoning model, built for sustained agentic coding, multimodal knowledge work, scientific reasoning and the cybersecurity defense lifecycle. It takes text, image, video, audio and PDF input and returns text.