Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro and Gemini 4 Argon?

DeepSeek V4 Pro has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: DeepSeek V4 Pro from $1.74 and Gemini 4 Argon from $2.00.

Can I switch between DeepSeek V4 Pro and Gemini 4 Argon without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro, google/gemini-4-argon).

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Gemini 4 Argon

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeekdeepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

Gemini 4 Argon Googlegoogle/gemini-4-argon

Creator

DeepSeek

Google

Released

Apr 24, 2026

Oct 13, 2026

Context window

1.05M

Max output

384K

66K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$1.74$1.74–$2.40 across 3

$2.00

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$3.48$3.48–$4.80 across 3

$10.00

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

23.1

50.4

LatencyMedian time to first token

4.9s

—

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

—

Accepts

Text

Text, Image, Audio, Video, Files

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Gemini 4 Argon: summary

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Gemini 4 Argon are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

DeepSeek V4 Pro, from DeepSeek, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $1.74/1M input and $3.48/1M output tokens across 3 providers and scores 23.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Gemini 4 Argon, from Google, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $2.00/1M input and $10.00/1M output tokens across 2 providers and scores 50.4 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the cheapest on input, 1.1× cheaper than the next model and Gemini 4 Argon scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="google/gemini-4-argon", messages=[...])

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Benchmark scores sourced from ArtificialAnalysis