Gemini 4 Argon
Announced Sep 30, 2026
A new frontier model with restricted access
What could it do?
Google announced a model for software engineering, professional work and cyber defense.
What changed?
Began a phased rollout through its Fairwind Program.
Expanded research into more capable autonomous workflows.
Where it fell short
Announced for trusted defenders; it was not a general public release on this date.
Release facts were checked against the sources below. Performance claims belong to the developers; we have not independently tested these models.
Developer announcement or release logBenchmark results
No comparable ECI score is available for this release in our source snapshot. Missing scores are never estimated.
Selected highest effort variant where available in the current table. Starred partial results are excluded. Claude fallback configurations can use other models when safeguards intervene.
Source: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index ↗Download selected resultsChecked Oct 8, 2026One explicitly named variant per release. Scores come from the same Overall snapshot; preliminary entries and reported intervals are preserved. These are current ratings of earlier variants, not their launch day ratings.
Source: Text Arena ↗Download selected resultsChecked Oct 8, 2026