Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.8-Max?

Gemini 4 Argon lists at $2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens; Qwen3.8-Max at $2 and $6. Qwen3.8-Max is 1.3x cheaper per token at list price.

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Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.8-Max: benchmarks, price and context | Respan

Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.8-Max

Gemini 4 Argon scores 70.3 on the Respan Index (#3), ahead of Qwen3.8-Max at 50.3 (#22). Gemini 4 Argon leads on 7 of the 7 benchmarks both report. Qwen3.8-Max is 1.3x cheaper per token at list price.

Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle

Respan Index: 70.3 (#3)
Input / output per 1M: $2 / $10
Blended price per 1M: $4
Context window: -
Max output: 1M
Input: text, vision, video
Released: 2026-09-30

Respan Index by category

Coding64.4 Gemini 4 Argon38.9 Qwen3.8-Max
Agents75.9 Gemini 4 Argon68.0 Qwen3.8-Max
Reasoning78.0 Gemini 4 Argon

Benchmarks both report

Benchmark	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen3.8-Max
APEX-Agents (Mercor)	82.2%	63.3%
FrontierSWE V2 (Proximal Labs)	55%	17.8%
SAGE (Vals AI)	53.6%	51.3%
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals AI)	57.6%	34.3%
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Gemini 4 Argon vs Qwen3.8-Max

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Benchmarks both report

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Respan Index by category

Benchmarks both report

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Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Qwen3.8-Max?

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