Google has launched Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a new model designed for speed and cost-efficiency, available on its Gemini API and Google AI Studio. This model is positioned as a faster, more economical alternative to Gemini 3.8 Flash, with pricing set at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, maintaining these rates across its 1 million token context window. Gemini 4 Hydrogen offers significant performance improvements over its predecessor, completing tasks up to 2.5 times faster, and also surpasses other Gemini models like Argon in practical benchmarks. AI
IMPACT This release offers a more cost-effective and faster option for AI developers and users, potentially accelerating adoption in applications requiring high throughput and lower operational costs.
RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card and pricing details.
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- Gemini 4 Hydrogen
- Artificial Analysis
- Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Google DeepMind
- argon
- Gemini 4 Argon
- Gemini API
- Google AI Studio
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