Gemini Argon 4 VS Opus 5.5 (No Hype)
✅Higgsfield: https://higgsfield.ai/s/katana-inside-claude-yt-jadm-h-xUOkwW Gemini 4 Argon is officially out, and X is calling it the Opus killer. So I skipped Google's own charts, went straight to the independent benchmarks, and gave Argon and Claude Opus 5.5 the exact same app prompt to see which one builds the better app 👇 🐦 What people on X are saying • The hype: someone who says they work at Google DeepMind: "I don't reach for Opus anymore" • The other side: "Opus 5.5 is still the best model in the world" • The skeptic: Google's launch charts for Gemini 3.1 Pro also "destroyed" Claude 🛠️ What people are building with it • Alan Wake 2 converted to run natively on a Mac (Max Weinbach) • A 3D museum of Apple computers, built without a single image given (Justine Moore) ⚔️ Side-by-side tests (read the label, not just the caption) • Argon vs "Opus 5.5 Medium": Opus wasn't on its top setting • "Argon: 3 min, 50 cents" comes from a company that sells access to Argon • Another test found the opposite: Argon cost $5.29 vs about $1.50 for Opus • Devin says Argon is the best Gemini on their leaderboard, but Opus 5.5 is above it on their own chart 📊 Independent benchmarks (Oct 13, 2026) • Arena, blind human votes, text: Argon #1, Opus 5.5 #2 • WebDev Arena: Opus 5.5 #1, Argon #9 • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: Opus 5.5 58, Argon 53 • Hallucination rate (AA-Omniscience): Argon 15%, Opus 5.5 59% • Vals Index: Argon #1 · Vals Terminal-Bench 4.0: Opus 5.5 #1, Argon #6 🧪 My test: Argon vs Opus 5.5 Same prompt, word for word: a phone app for a painting and flooring contractor. Scan the room, build it in 3D, change the paint and floor live, and price it into a quote the customer signs with their finger. One HTML file, no server. The sample room has exactly 1 correct price: $3,104.68. ✅ Both got the price right: $3,104.68 ✅ Both built a working 3D room that updates the paint and floor live 💭 In my opinion, Opus 5.5 built the better app (its 3D room is more detailed). Judge for yourself. To be fair: Opus 5.5 built its app in Claude Code, where it can run and check its own code. Argon built its app in a single API reply (high reasoning, about 7 minutes, $0.58). The camera scan wasn't tested on a real phone here. 💵 Price and who can use it $2 per million input tokens, $10 output, until November 30, 2026. After that, $4 / $20, the same as Opus 5.5. Google AI Pro and Ultra (Gemini app, AI Mode in Search), Ultra in Antigravity, and the paid Gemini API. Not on the free plan yet. 💭 My take Argon is the real deal. For research, writing, legal or finance, I'd 100% try it, especially at half price. For coding and building skills, my choice comes down to tests like this one. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 What X is saying about Argon 1:24 What people are building with it 2:03 Side-by-side tests 3:11 Independent benchmarks 4:16 My test: Argon vs Opus 5.5 5:54 Price and my take 🔗 Sources Google's announcement: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-argon/ Arena (text): https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text Arena (WebDev): https://arena.ai/leaderboard/webdev Artificial Analysis: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/comparisons/gemini-4-argon-vs-claude-opus-5-5 Vals Index: https://www.vals.ai/benchmarks/vals_index Alan Wake 2 on Mac: https://x.com/mweinbach/status/2110040970750247320 Apple computer museum: https://x.com/venturetwins/status/2110041613179527253 The "slow and expensive" test: https://x.com/cheatyyyy/status/2110040817490641216 Devin's chart: https://x.com/cognition/status/2110043605528408110 🎁 I drop free skills every week in my Skool: https://www.skool.com/nextphase-5790 💬 Have you tried Argon yet? And what should I make them build next? Tell me in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe, I'll keep testing every new model so you don't have to. See you in the next one. #gemini #claude #opus
