Google's Gemini 4 Carbon Takes the Top Spot on the Intelligence Index
Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5

Gemini 4 Carbon now leads the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 with a score of 59, winning 4 of 9 evaluations including HLE-Diamond and AA-Omniscience. It trails only Claude Opus 5.5 on the Coding Agent Index and costs about 23% less per task than Opus 5.5. Still in limited rollout with a 50% launch discount, it offers a 1M-token context window and multimodal input.
Google has historically underperformed in this area and so this improvement stands out.