Is the programming experience close to Opus 5.5? Google Gemini 4 new version exposed

Compiled by Zhidongzhi | Edited by Yang Jingli | Li Shuiqing Zhidongzhi News on October 10th, today, according to foreign media Business Insider, Google is internally testing a new version of Gemini 4, codenamed Carbon, which is expected to further narrow the gap in programming capabilities between it and its competitors. Currently, Carbon has been connected to Google’s internal programming platform Jetski. Some employees believe that the programming experience of this model is similar to Claude Opus 5.5, but some employees emphasized that the model actually needs more testing to make more accurate judgments. Google has released Gemini 4 Argon on October 1, focusing on software engineering, enterprise knowledge work, network security defense and other scenarios. Currently, this model has not yet been launched to the public. Carbon may be an updated version of Argon's training process. Google internal documents show that the company has tested multiple Gemini 4 versions such as Argon, Barium and Carbon. However, the internal codenames do not correspond to the public names one-to-one. For example, the model internally named "Barium-B" was selected as the version launched externally under the name Argon. It is unclear whether the Carbon will be launched as an updated version of the Argon or become another model in the Gemini 4 series. 1. The early version of Argon has received positive reviews, and Carbon’s programming capabilities are close to Opus 5.5. According to Business Insider’s exchanges with Google employees, as well as internal information seen by the media, the early test version of Argon has generally received positive reviews from employees. However, an employee believes that the early version of Argon still lags behind the cutting-edge model in some programming tasks, and its experience is closer to the Claude Opus 5 launched earlier by Anthropic. In contrast, the newly updated Carbon received higher ratings. One employee told Business Insider that the model was