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Google: Gemini 4 Carbon pricing

Gemini 4 Carbon is a frontier Gemini 4 model from Google for coding, agentic and complex reasoning work. It takes text, image, audio, video and file input, supports long… Google: Gemini 4 Carbon from OpenRouter costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.100 per 1M. Context window 1,048,576 tokens.

API id google/gemini-4-carbon · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-11-11 · general-purpose

$2.00
Input / 1M tokens
$10.00
Output / 1M tokens
$0.100
Cached input / 1M
1M
Context window

Google: Gemini 4 Carbon specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
google/gemini-4-carbon
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
1M tokens
Max output
944K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-11-11

Tags

  • vision

What Google: Gemini 4 Carbon costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0070
Document summary50,0002,000$0.12
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$4.00

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Google: Gemini 4 Carbon cost per 1M tokens?
Google: Gemini 4 Carbon costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.100 per 1M.
What is Google: Gemini 4 Carbon's context window?
Google: Gemini 4 Carbon accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 943,718 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Google: Gemini 4 Carbon?
Yes. Free Models Router is free per 1M input tokens versus $2.00 for Google: Gemini 4 Carbon, with a 200,000 token context window.
Where does this Google: Gemini 4 Carbon price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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