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| Attribute | Gemini 4 Argongemini-4-argon | Gemini 3.6 Flashgemini-3.6-flash | Claude Fable 5.2claude-fable-5.2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Input | $2.00 / 1M | $1.50 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Output | $10.00 / 1M | $7.50 / 1M | $40.00 / 1M |
| Cache Write (5m) | $2.00 / 1M | $1.50 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Cache Write (1h) | $2.00 / 1M | $1.50 / 1M | $16.00 / 1M |
| Cache Read | $2.00 / 1M | $1.50 / 1M | $0.20 / 1M |
| Web Search | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Context | |||
| Max context | 1M | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | |||
| Vision | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Function Calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalogue | |||
| Provider | Anthropic | ||
| Category | chat | chat | chat |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go |
| Released | — | — | — |
| Description | |||
| Summary | Gemini 4 Argon is Google's flagship reasoning model, built for complex software engineering, deep mathematical and scientific problem solving, and autonomous multi-step agents. Google trained it to keep context across long, multi-step tasks and to turn long documents mixing text, tables, charts and images into a single grounded output. It leads the Vals Index across finance, legal, coding and tax work, and supports long decode of up to 1M output tokens in a single response. | Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google's high-efficiency model for coding, agentic workflows, and web and application development. It is optimized to produce polished, production-ready outputs with fewer unnecessary revisions, less hedging, and more direct task execution. By reducing both token usage and the number of model calls required to complete complex tasks, Gemini 3.6 Flash is well suited for high-throughput development, scalable agent systems, and cost-sensitive production workflows. | Claude Fable 5.2 is Anthropic's most capable model for advanced technical work and open-ended problem solving, delivering significant improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision over Fable 5.1. It excels at exceptionally complex tasks, including large-scale software migrations, electronic system design, and advanced scientific and mathematical research. With up to 30% faster output generation, clearer communication, and always-on adaptive extended thinking, Fable 5.2 supports configurable reasoning effort from low to max (default high), with thinking preserved across turns. Designed for frontier engineering, scientific discovery, and ambitious long-horizon agentic workflows, it complements Opus 5.5 as a specialized option for the most demanding technical challenges. |