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Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-5.4 mini

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

GoogleGemini 4 Argon Released 13 Oct 2026 · $2.00 in · $10.00 out
OpenAIGPT-5.4 mini Released 17 Mar 2026 · $0.75 in · $4.50 out
Gemini 4 Argon wins 132 too close to callGPT-5.4 mini wins 2

Of the 17 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 14 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-14-7d7cf32c3f6d). See also Google vs OpenAI, every model from both labs.

Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.4 mini? The short answer

Pick Gemini 4 Argon: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.6 against 24.1) and costs less.

  • Gemini 4 Argon is cheaper to run: $0.004 against $0.021 per game of bullet chess on BulletBench (5.7 times less).
  • Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52.6 against 24.1.
  • Gemini 4 Argon is newer: released 13 Oct 2026, against 17 Mar 2026 for GPT-5.4 mini.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Gemini 4 Argon does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

Head to head

52.6
Intelligence Index
24.1
$4.00
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$1.69
1,048,576
Context window, tokens
400,000

Every fact side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4 mini
Price per million tokens$2.00 in · $10.00 out$0.75 in · $4.50 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$4.00$1.69
Cheapest host, blended–$1.69 (Azure)
Cost per game of bullet chess (BulletBench)$0.004$0.021
Cached input, per million–$0.075 cached input
Intelligence Index52.624.1
Spring Prompt overall75–
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window1,048,576 tokens400,000 tokens
Released13 Oct 2026 (newer)17 Mar 2026
WeightsClosedClosed
Developer based inthe USthe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live 7 of 22 not measured
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is 13 of 21 not measured
User surveysPlanning a user survey and reading its results without being misled 5 of 10 not measured
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending 8 of 21 not measured
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 3 of 166 58 of 166
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 3 of 200 73 of 200
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 1 of 189 59 of 189
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 1 of 153 67 of 153
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 20 of 25 14 of 25

From our research

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4 mini
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per game · Bullet 60sUS dollars, lower is better 10 · 22 of 30 measured $0.0036 $0.0205no reasoning
Ladder Elo · Bullet 60sladder Elo, higher is better 26 · 25 of 30 measured 147 197no reasoning
Games lost on time · Bullet 60s% of games, lower is better 28 · 19 of 30 measured 87.5% 50.0%no reasoning
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 1 · 72 of 387 measured 1,525high reasoning 1,447high reasoning
Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 1 · 64 of 163 measured 1,511high reasoning 1,447high reasoning
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 1 · 53 of 380 measured 1,522high reasoning 1,460high reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 5 · 82 of 244 measured 52.6high reasoning 24.1xhigh reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 3 · 83 of 243 measured 57.1%high reasoning 28.1%xhigh reasoning
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 4 · 49 of 113 measured 57.1%high reasoning 2.0%xhigh reasoning
Show all 17 results (8 more)
MeasureGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4 mini
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 2 results
Invalid moves · Bullet 60s% of moves, lower is better 1 · 1 of 30 measured 0.0% 0.0%no reasoning
Median move time · Bullet 60smilliseconds, lower is better 28 · 13 of 30 measured 2.9 s 0.9 sno reasoning
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 1 · 92 of 385 measured 1,519high reasoning 1,401high reasoning
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 7 · 63 of 338 measured 1,539high reasoning 1,480high reasoning
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 1 · 77 of 387 measured 1,528high reasoning 1,434high reasoning
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 1 · 75 of 386 measured 1,522high reasoning 1,423high reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 2 results
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 44 · 71 of 234 measured 79.7%high reasoning 77.0%xhigh reasoning
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 3 · 37 of 114 measured 61.8%high reasoning 52.1%xhigh reasoning

Quick answers

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GPT-5.4 mini?

Pick Gemini 4 Argon: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.6 against 24.1) and costs less.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.4 mini?

Gemini 4 Argon is cheaper to run: $0.004 against $0.021 per game of bullet chess on BulletBench (5.7 times less).

Which is better for agents and tool use, Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.4 mini?

Gemini 4 Argon ranks 3 of 166 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 58 for GPT-5.4 mini.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.4 mini?

Gemini 4 Argon ranks 3 of 200 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 73 for GPT-5.4 mini.

Which is better for writing, Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.4 mini?

Gemini 4 Argon ranks 1 of 189 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 59 for GPT-5.4 mini.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.4 mini?

Gemini 4 Argon ranks 1 of 153 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 67 for GPT-5.4 mini.

Which is better for speed under pressure, Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.4 mini?

GPT-5.4 mini ranks 14 of 25 models on sale for good decisions against a real clock (fast chess), against 20 for Gemini 4 Argon.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Argon or GPT-5.4 mini?

Gemini 4 Argon: 1,048,576 tokens, against 400,000 for GPT-5.4 mini.

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