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Buyer summary
Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads Quality by 0.8 points. Gemini 4 Argon leads Value by 4.4 points.
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Side-by-side summary
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Deterministic scores
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Q 57.9
V 63.9
Quality rank 2 and value rank 3 in the current published roster.
Gemini 4 Argon
Q 57.1
V 68.3
Quality rank 3 and value rank 2 in the current published roster.
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Claude Sonnet 5.5
API cost per standard conversation: $0.02040
Gemini 4 Argon
API cost per standard conversation: $0.02040
Benchmark evidence
Humanity's Last Exam
No-tools accuracy
Artificial Analysis
Terminal-Bench 4.0
Average pass@1
Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Artificial Analysis
AA-LCR v1.1
Average pass@1
Artificial Analysis
Benchmark evidence
Editorial excerpt
A sensible middle ground for everyday coding work before you pay for a premium model.
Sonnet 5.5 is a sensible first choice for everyday development work: reviewing code, fixing well-defined bugs and making contained changes. Its API rates sit in the middle of the market, which makes it a natural model to try before paying for a premium one. A lower price per token does not always mean a lower cost per finished job, so keep an eye on how much follow-up each change needs. Its independent results were measured at maximum reasoning effort, so lighter settings may behave differently.
Editorial excerpt
A new Google reasoning model worth trialling for hard technical work, with launch pricing that needs a review date.
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Humanity's Last Exam
No-tools accuracy
Artificial Analysis
Terminal-Bench 4.0
Average pass@1
Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Artificial Analysis
AA-LCR v1.1
Average pass@1
Artificial Analysis
Gemini 4 Argon is worth adding to a shortlist for demanding technical work, such as complex coding or multi-step analysis, where a better answer saves real time. Its current API rates are introductory, so check Google's pricing page for when they change and budget for the standard rate rather than the launch price. The independent results were measured at a high reasoning setting, which may differ from your own configuration. As with any new release, test it on a few real tasks before moving important work across.