Argon is not same tier as Astra and Fable. the upcoming, similarly unavailable Carbon maybe is.
This would be by (suspected) parameter size, not benchmarked ability.
Argon is totally in those tiers in my experience. And you actually get to use it for a few days before you run out of tokens...
What's Carbon then?
Carbon is the next iteration (via RL training) of the Argon sized model.
Wait are you trolling? Because I thought the answer was that Carbon is their successor to C++.
Gemini 4 Carbon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276792
I remember the other one though. Looks like it's still going.
Re:Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
by lukeschlather on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:32AM
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Carbon is to Argon as Mythos is to Fable.
Re:Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
by hirako2000 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:44AM
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Carbon is to Aragon what Fable is to Mythos.
I thought carbon was smarter?
Re:Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
by lukeschlather on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:18AM
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Yes, Carbon and Mythos are the secret super-smart models you can't use without an invitation and a million dollars.
But Cargon isn't likely the same model as Argon while Fable is mythos with cyber guardrails
Re:Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
by conception on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:45AM
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A B (not released) C
Flash sonnet tera
Pro Opus Sol
Argon Fable Astra
These are the (approximately) equivalent model classes between the labs
Experimental means not production, so liable to change in the near future if you decide to build on it.