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title: Gemini 4 Hydrogen Edges Argon in Google's Benchmark Figures, at 37.5% of Argon's December Price
description: Gemini 4 Hydrogen costs $1.50/$7.50 per million tokens. Carbon and Argon double to $4/$20 on Dec 1, and Gemini 3.8 Flash matches Hydrogen on Jan 1.
author: Darie Nani (Editor-in-Chief)
date: 2026-11-14T18:52:35.798Z
updated: 2026-11-14T18:52:35.815Z
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Google says Gemini 4 Hydrogen, the everyday coding and agent model it made generally available on November 12, scores 51 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at its default setting, one point above Gemini 4 Argon, one of its two frontier models. Hydrogen costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens. From December 1, Argon and Gemini 4 Carbon cost $4 and $20, so Hydrogen's per-token price will be 37.5% of theirs.

Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind [wrote on X](https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2120942605466800374) that Hydrogen brings "Incredible speed and intelligence for everyday coding, agentic work and all-round use." Carbon and Argon are not on the Gemini API free tier, while Hydrogen is free for developers to try there, and Google is also putting it into the Gemini app and Google Search.

## Hydrogen Costs Half as Much in Batch and the Same Across Its Whole Context

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