Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High)

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
19.30
Total cost
-
GoogleGemini 4 Argon (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
52.60
Total cost
$2407
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)Gemini 4 Argon (High)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)19.352.6+172.5% Gemini 4 Argon (High) is 2.7× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$2,407.24— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)11.83s63.35s+435.5% Gemini 4 Argon (High) is 435.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$2.00 / $10.0
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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