Gemini 4 Carbon vs GPT-6 Astra

A direct, empirical evaluation of Gemini 4 Carbon (Google DeepMind) against GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI).

Gemini 4 Carbon

Developed by Google DeepMind · Carbon-Aware Frontier Transformer on TPU v6e parameters

Sub-watt green computing, 62% energy reduction per million tokens, carbon-aware datagrid routing, and eco-tier batch execution discounts.

GPT-6 Astra

Developed by OpenAI · Proprietary Frontier parameters

Complex multi-step engineering, formal math proofs, autonomous computer/browser navigation, and CAD synthesis.

Metric Gemini 4 Carbon GPT-6 Astra
SWE-bench Verified 69.2% 79.4%
MMLU-Pro 84.6% 91.2%
MATH-500 91.4% 98.6%
Context Window 1,000,000 tokens 1,050,000 tokens
Input Pricing (per 1M) $0.80 $10.00
Output Pricing (per 1M) $2.40 $50.00