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Which AI Wins at What: Carbon vs Claude vs GPT-6 (Cheat Sheet)

The CARBON cheat sheet from my Gemini 4 Carbon Reel: links to Argon and Carbon, the scores, and which model to use for coding, agents, big documents, security and cost.

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Which AI wins at what

  • Smartest overall: Gemini 4 Carbon (when you can get it)
  • Coding in your terminal: Claude Code + Claude Opus 5.5
  • Big software tasks: GPT-6 Astra
  • Clicking around your computer: Claude Opus 5.5
  • Huge documents (up to 1M tokens): Gemini 4 Carbon
  • Running a business or workflow: Gemini 4 Carbon
  • Security: Gemini 4 Carbon
  • Fewest made-up answers: Gemini 4 Argon
  • Cheapest of the top three: GPT-6 Astra
  • Use it today from Google: Gemini 4 Argon

Numbers from Google's table and Artificial Analysis, October 2026.

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