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title: "Google's Gemini 4 Carbon Tops Text Arena and Ranks No. 2 on Agent Arena at 72% Lower Cost Than Claude Opus 5.5"
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summary: "Google's Gemini 4 Carbon model debuted at No. 1 on the Text Arena with 1,528 points, No. 2 on the Agent Arena, and No. 4 on the WebDev Code Arena with 1,768 points, operating at a $1.80 median cost per task, 72% cheaper than the top-ranked Claude Opus 5.5."
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# Google's Gemini 4 Carbon Tops Text Arena and Ranks No\. 2 on Agent Arena at 72% Lower Cost Than Claude Opus 5\.5

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**Published:** 2026-10-28T21:36:33.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** google, llm

## Summary

Google's Gemini 4 Carbon model debuted at No\. 1 on the Text Arena with 1,528 points, No\. 2 on the Agent Arena, and No\. 4 on the WebDev Code Arena with 1,768 points, operating at a $1\.80 median cost per task, 72% cheaper than the top\-ranked Claude Opus 5\.5\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/googles-gemini-4-carbon-tops-text-arena-and-ranks-no-2-on-agent-arena-at-bbfa7b1c>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2115489219804352921>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/arena/status/2115495002998751262>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2115494553780367384>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/ValsAI/status/2115490976345248182>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2115491173100081322>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/YiTayML/status/2115491694779224430>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2115494558947770872>)