Google Releases Gemini 4 Carbon to Outperform OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra

Google released its Gemini 4 Carbon model on Wednesday, scoring 60 on Artificial Analysis’s overall intelligence index to outpace OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra at 57, [hankyung.com] reported.

Anthropic maintained the lead in the evaluation after releasing Claude Fable 5.2 at 65 a day prior. Gemini 4 Carbon posted a 53.9% success rate on the AutomationBench 1.0 test, which measures performance across 657 real-world business tasks in sales, finance, and human resources, ahead of Astra’s 41.4%, according to [hankyung.com].

API Cost and Subscription Pricing

Google priced the Carbon application programming interface at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, which is 40% of Astra’s rates at $10 for input and $50 for output. Users need the Google AI Ultra subscription tier, priced at $100 monthly in the United States and 119,000 won domestically, to access the model, [hankyung.com] reported.

What Is AutomationBench 1.0 and How Much Does Google AI Ultra Cost?

What is AutomationBench 1.0?

AutomationBench 1.0 measures success rates across 657 real-world business tasks spanning sales, finance, and human resources operations, according to [hankyung.com].

What does the Google AI Ultra subscription cost in South Korea?

The subscription tier costs 119,000 won per month for domestic users, [hankyung.com] reported.

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