
Gemini 4 Carbon leads the benchmark. Should you switch?
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Carbon's first-place finish is real. Your migration case still needs work. Google's Gemini 4 Carbon scores 59 against Argon's 50 on the same Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5, yet it does not lead in coding or knowledge work and is not publicly available.
Augur corrects the earlier premise that the index changes were unexplained, examines what an aggregate winner can tell a buyer, and makes the case for giving Carbon evaluation priority without approving a company-wide switch. The strongest objection gets a hearing: waiting for perfect internal evidence can protect an…
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