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Compare performance benchmarks, coding intelligence, reasoning evaluations, context limits, and API economics between Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic) and Gemini 4 Argon (Google DeepMind).
| Metric / Capability | Claude Opus 4.8 | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| Developer / Organization | Anthropic | Google DeepMind |
| Release Date | 2026-05-27 | 2026-10-13 |
| Deployment / Weights | Proprietary Cloud API | Proprietary Cloud API |
| Context Window | 1M tokens (1,000,000 tokens) | 1.0M tokens (1,048,576 tokens) |
| Input Pricing (/1M Tokens) | $5 | $2 |
| Output Pricing (/1M Tokens) | $25 | $10 |
| Benchmark / Domain | Claude Opus 4.8 | Gemini 4 Argon | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Composite index aggregating 10+ evaluations of general reasoning and knowledge. | 41.8% | 52.6% | Gemini 4 Argon (+26%) |
Artificial Analysis Coding Index Composite index of coding and software-engineering evaluations. | 74.3% | — | — |
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index Composite index of tool-use and long-horizon agentic tasks. | 41.9% | — | — |
Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index v2.0 Composite index of coding-agent systems (model + harness) across FrontierCode v1.1, SWE-Atlas-QnA, and Terminal-Bench v4. | — | 53.2% | — |
SWE-bench Pro Harder, contamination-resistant successor to SWE-bench spanning multiple languages. | 69.2% | — | — |
Terminal-Bench 4.0 Sandboxed command-line tasks requiring shell and file-system operation. | 23.6% | 57.4% | Gemini 4 Argon (+143%) |
ARC-AGI-2 Novel visual grid puzzles requiring abstract rule induction. | 72.1% | 91.3% | Gemini 4 Argon (+27%) |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level physics, chemistry, and biology questions written by domain experts. | 93.6% | — | — |
Humanity's Last Exam Expert-written questions across hundreds of disciplines designed to resist saturation. | 49.8% | — | — |
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) Unpublished, research-level mathematics problems across Tiers 1-3. | 80.0% | 86.0% | Gemini 4 Argon (+8%) |
Design Arena ELO Human-preference ELO across UI, 3D, data-visualization, and game-dev generations. | 1310 | 1438 | Gemini 4 Argon (+10%) |
Gemini 4 Argon outperforms Claude Opus 4.8 across 5 evaluated benchmarks compared to 0 for Claude Opus 4.8, excelling in Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Terminal-Bench 4.0, ARC-AGI-2.
Gemini 4 Argon has the larger context capacity of 1.0M tokens (1,048,576 tokens), compared to 1M tokens for Claude Opus 4.8.
Gemini 4 Argon is more economical. Input tokens cost $2/M tokens compared to $5/M tokens for Claude Opus 4.8.
Claude Opus 4.8 is a proprietary cloud API. Gemini 4 Argon is a proprietary cloud API.
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