Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-6.1 Sol
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Arena Text · creative writing | 1,516 | 1,458 · max |
| Harvey LAB-AA 1.1 | 3.9 | 6.9 · max |
| Lech Mazur Short-Story | 0.8 | — |
Specs
| Spec | Gemini 4 Argon | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M | !$2 | $2 |
| Output, per 1M | !$10 | $10 |
| Cost per task? | $1.99 | $0.21 |
| Speed, tok/s | 84 | 45 |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Released | Oct 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| See images | ✓ | ✓ |
| Read PDFs | ✓ | Partial |
| Hear audio | ✓ | — |
| Watch video | ✓ | — |
| Call tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Force a tool call | Partial | Partial |
| Return strict JSON | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search the web | ✓ | ✓ |
| Run code | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use a computer | ? | ✓ |
What breaks when you switch
Remove unsupported parameters›
With reasoning enabled, remove temperature, top_p and top_logprobs, plus Chat Completions logprobs or Responses message.output_text.logprobs includes.
Responses API for tool calling · Chat Completions›
Use Responses for tools; Chat Completions supports this model without tool calling.
No none or minimal reasoning›
The none and minimal reasoning efforts are unsupported; choose low, medium, high, xhigh or max.
More than 272K input tokens›
Prompts above 272K input tokens charge 2× input and cache rates and 1.5× output rates for the entire request.
Cache writes billed at 1.25x›
Cache writes cost 1.25× the uncached input token rate.
Ultrafast prices 6x Standard›
Ultrafast mode costs 6× Standard token prices.
Context: 1.05M → 1M
Synchronous output stops at 65,536›
With background false, output limits above 65,536 tokens return HTTP 400; stay at or below that limit.
Sampling parameters are ignored›
temperature, top_p and top_k are ignored; remove them from requests.
No explicit caching›
Explicit caching is unavailable; omit explicit cache requests.