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Google: Gemini 4 Carbon

Quality Score
100/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
$2.00
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-11-12
Output Price
$10.00
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-11-12
Context Window
1,048,576
tokens

Gemini 4 Carbon is a Google model that accepts audio, file, image, text, and video inputs, so one deployment can cover mixed-media workloads. It offers a context window of 1,048,576 tokens and allows up to 943,718 completion tokens, which suits long documents, large codebases, or lengthy transcripts in a single request. It supports tool calling and reasoning; structured output support is not specified in the available data. At $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens, it is a paid model, and output-heavy jobs will cost noticeably more than input-heavy ones. Teams that need multimodal input, very long context, and tool use should shortlist it. Its blended benchmark score of 98.9 is strong but comes from a single independent benchmark (AI Index, 99.0), so treat its standing as provisional and test it on your own tasks before committing.

Benchmark results

Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 98.9 across 1 benchmark, last refreshed 2026-11-12. How scoring works →

BenchmarkMeasuresScore
AI Index broad capability composite 99.0
Model ID
google/gemini-4-carbon
Vendor
google
Released
November 2026
Tokenizer
Gemini
Input Modalities
audio, file, image, text, video
Output Modalities
text
Max Output
943,718 tokens
Tool Calling
✓ supported
Structured Output
✓ supported
Reasoning Mode
✓ supported
Vision
✓ accepts images
Audio
✓ accepts audio
Moderated
no

What it costs in practice

Computed from the current $2.00/M input and $10.00/M output rates. Run your own numbers →

JobTokensCost
Summarize a 50-page report 30k in / 1.5k out $0.07
Classify 1,000 customer emails 500k in / 50k out $1.50
A month of a busy support chatbot 5M in / 2M out $30.00

Strong choice for

Category rankings

Where Google: Gemini 4 Carbon places across the 61 categories it ranks in. How we rank →

#CategoryScore
#1 Frontend Component DesignCode · of 25 ranked 133
#1 Physics TutoringEducation · of 25 ranked 136
#1 Screenshot DebuggingVision · of 25 ranked 135
#1 Chart & Graph ReadingVision · of 25 ranked 139
#1 Audio SummarizationVoice · of 25 ranked 152
#1 TTS ReplacementVoice · of 25 ranked 115
#1 Video SummarizationVideo · of 25 ranked 152
#2 Code ReviewCode · of 25 ranked 150
#2 Blog Post WritingWriting · of 25 ranked 132
#2 Marketing CopyWriting · of 25 ranked 122
#2 Creative WritingWriting · of 25 ranked 146
#2 Screenwriting & DialogWriting · of 25 ranked 146
#2 Academic WritingWriting · of 25 ranked 146
#2 Legal DraftingProfessional · of 25 ranked 146
#2 Legal ResearchProfessional · of 25 ranked 156
#2 Scientific ResearchProfessional · of 25 ranked 156
#2 History TutoringEducation · of 25 ranked 137
#2 Essay GradingEducation · of 25 ranked 150
#2 Standardized Test PrepEducation · of 25 ranked 122
#2 OKRs & Strategic PlanningBusiness · of 25 ranked 146
#2 Long-Context Q&AAgents · of 25 ranked 147
#2 Fiction CollaboratorPersonal · of 25 ranked 156
#2 Trip PlanningPersonal · of 25 ranked 132
#2 Math ProofsResearch · of 25 ranked 146
#2 Literature ReviewResearch · of 25 ranked 156
#3 Character RoleplayPersonal · of 25 ranked 142
#4 Code RefactoringCode · of 25 ranked 151
#4 Bug FixingCode · of 25 ranked 154
#4 CI/CD PipelinesCode · of 25 ranked 131
#4 ETL ScriptingData · of 25 ranked 141
#4 Long-Document SummarizationWriting · of 25 ranked 152
#4 Contract ReviewProfessional · of 25 ranked 160
#4 Medical Note SummarizationProfessional · of 25 ranked 141
#4 Math TutoringEducation · of 25 ranked 130
#4 Agent WorkflowsAgents · of 25 ranked 158
#4 RAG PipelinesAgents · of 25 ranked 151
#4 Coding AgentsAgents · of 25 ranked 158
#4 Fitness CoachingPersonal · of 25 ranked 121
#4 Scientific CodingResearch · of 25 ranked 154
#5 RFP ResponseBusiness · of 25 ranked 155
#6 Regex WritingCode · of 25 ranked 127
#6 Language TranslationWriting · of 25 ranked 127
#6 Financial AnalysisProfessional · of 25 ranked 134
#6 Resume WritingBusiness · of 25 ranked 113
#6 Browser AutomationAgents · of 25 ranked 141
#6 Tutoring for KidsPersonal · of 25 ranked 127
#7 Diagram ExtractionVision · of 25 ranked 134
#9 Unit Test GenerationCode · of 25 ranked 135
#9 Code DocumentationCode · of 25 ranked 138
#9 Data AnalysisData · of 25 ranked 138
#9 Experiment DesignResearch · of 25 ranked 134
#10 OCR / Document ParsingData · of 25 ranked 135
#10 Table Extraction from PDFsData · of 25 ranked 135
#11 SQL GenerationCode · of 25 ranked 144
#13 Sales / Cold EmailBusiness · of 25 ranked 118
#13 Job Application DraftingBusiness · of 25 ranked 118
#13 Journaling HelperPersonal · of 25 ranked 118
#13 Recipe GenerationPersonal · of 25 ranked 118
#15 SOP / Process DocsBusiness · of 25 ranked 121
#20 Function / Tool CallingAgents · of 25 ranked 120
#23 Transcript CleanupWriting · of 25 ranked 139

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Quick answers

How much does Google: Gemini 4 Carbon cost?
$2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens.
What is Google: Gemini 4 Carbon's context window?
1,048,576 tokens, roughly 1,572 pages of text in a single request.
Does Google: Gemini 4 Carbon support tool calling?
It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
Can Google: Gemini 4 Carbon process images?
Yes, it accepts image input.

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