Using Gemini 4 Argon on Google AI Studio

Implementation guide · Gemini 4 · Google DeepMind

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Google AI Studio exposes Gemini 4 Argon through model ID gemini-4-argon. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Google AI Studio and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Google AI Studio SDK or REST API to call gemini-4-argon — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $2.00/1M input, $10.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install google-genai
API key
GOOGLE_API_KEY
Model ID
gemini-4-argon

Use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash", "gemini-1.5-pro", or "gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06".

import os
from google import genai

client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-4-argon",
    contents="Hello"
)
print(response.text)

Pricing on Google AI Studio

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$10.00
Image input$1.00
Video input$1.00
Audio input$1.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt CachingBatch APIAudio

About Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is a Google DeepMind reasoning model, announced on September 30, 2026 for trusted cyber defenders and testers in Google's Fairwind Program and made generally available on October 13, 2026 through the Gemini API, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Google Antigravity and the Gemini app. Google built it for long-horizon software engineering, legal and finance work, cybersecurity defense and science. It takes text, image, video, audio and PDF input and returns text. Input and output share a 1,048,576-token limit; one synchronous request returns up to 65,536 output tokens, and long decodes extend output up to 1,048,576 tokens.