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Gemini 4 Argon

ECI#6
166
Google DeepMind
Sep. 30, 2026
Closed weights

Gemini 4 Argon is a closed-weights model from Google DeepMind, released September 30, 2026. It has an ECI score of 166 and ranks 6th of 237 tracked models. At the time of its release, it ranked 5th of 229 tracked models.

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ECI scoreBest score 169
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