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Compare performance benchmarks, coding intelligence, reasoning evaluations, context limits, and API economics between Gemini 4 Argon (Google DeepMind) and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (DeepSeek).
| Metric / Capability | Gemini 4 Argon | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer / Organization | Google DeepMind | DeepSeek |
| Release Date | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-17 |
| Deployment / Weights | Proprietary Cloud API | Open Weights |
| Context Window | 1.0M tokens (1,048,576 tokens) | 1.0M tokens (1,048,576 tokens) |
| Input Pricing (/1M Tokens) | $2 | Free (Open Weights) |
| Output Pricing (/1M Tokens) | $10 | Free (Open Weights) |
| Benchmark / Domain | Gemini 4 Argon | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Composite index aggregating 10+ evaluations of general reasoning and knowledge. | 52.6% | 39.5% | Gemini 4 Argon (+33%) |
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% | 46.3% | Gemini 4 Argon (+15%) |
Terminal-Bench 4.0 Sandboxed command-line tasks requiring shell and file-system operation. | 57.4% | 42.3% | Gemini 4 Argon (+36%) |
ARC-AGI-2 Novel visual grid puzzles requiring abstract rule induction. | 91.3% | — | — |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level physics, chemistry, and biology questions written by domain experts. | — | 90.9% | — |
Humanity's Last Exam Expert-written questions across hundreds of disciplines designed to resist saturation. | — | 42.6% | — |
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) Unpublished, research-level mathematics problems across Tiers 1-3. | 86.0% | 67.4% | Gemini 4 Argon (+28%) |
Design Arena ELO Human-preference ELO across UI, 3D, data-visualization, and game-dev generations. | 1438 | 1362 | Gemini 4 Argon (+6%) |
Gemini 4 Argon leads across 5 evaluated benchmarks compared to 0 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, showing notable advantages in Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index v2.0, Terminal-Bench 4.0.
Both models feature equivalent context windows of 1.0M tokens (1,048,576 tokens).
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is more economical. Input tokens cost $Free (Open Weights)/M tokens compared to $2/M tokens for Gemini 4 Argon.
Gemini 4 Argon is a proprietary cloud API. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is an open-weights model.
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