Google is releasing Gemini 4 Argon and it is competitive.
There is Claude Sonnet 5.5. It is far cheaper to use. Use it on high.
New models are being released almost every day.
Claude Opus 5.5 — quality leader
Claude Sonnet 5.5 — best quality-per-dollar among top models
GPT-6 Astra — agents / computer use / math
GPT-6.1 Sol — cheap near-flagship
Gemini 4 Argon — looks competitive on paper, not generally available yet
Grok 4.7 — cheapest Western flagship, a tier down on hard agent/coding evals
Lots of discussion out there about our next model(!), so I wanted to give an early look as soon as possible. Introducing Gemini 4 Argon!
It shows frontier performance in complex workflows, cyber defense and software engineering. Teams are using it extensively at Google, from… pic.twitter.com/sv4VNmQ0YT
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) September 30, 2026
🚨 claude users!!!
ONLY use Sonnet 5.5 at “high”
it is 700% cheaper!!!
you’ll get a LOT of things done with your $20 plan
at Sonnet 5.5 “high” , you get quality of GPT-6 Sol
Happy building!! I am SO HAPPY!! https://t.co/iapLH22LD8 pic.twitter.com/Tl9yVwEekx
— shownotover (@shownotover) September 28, 2026
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