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Gemini 4 Carbon

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Gemini 4 Carbon is the frontier model Google announced on Oct. 28, 2026. Google calls it the strongest Gemini model. The introductory API price is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input at 95% off the input price. After an introductory period that the post does not date, the price is $4 and $20 per million tokens. Google reports a 59 score and first place on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0, 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym, and 71.0% on CWE-bench. Those scores are company-reported.

Latest update Oct 29, 2026

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Current status

This week, a subset of cyber defenders through the Fairwind Program. Developer, business, and consumer access is not open.

  1. DeepMind announces Gemini 4 Carbon with limited access

    Google said on Oct. 28, 2026 that Gemini 4 Carbon is its next frontier model, at introductory prices of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, the same introductory rates as Gemini 4 Argon. Access this week is limited to a subset of cyber defenders in the Fairwind Program while a U.S. government voluntary pre-release review continues, and the later price of $4 and $20 per million tokens has no published end date for the introductory period. Google reports a score of 59 and first place on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0, plus 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro, 54.8% on ExploitGym, and 71.0% on CWE-bench.

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