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Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is a Google model with 1.05M context, $0.75 in / $3.75 out per million tokens, last verified October 1, 2026. Open weights: no. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.

Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google's balanced multimodal Flash tier with a 1M-token context.

Recorded profile verification October 1, 2026Individual provider fields may change

AI model specification details
SpecificationGemini 3.6 Flash
ProviderGoogle
TierBalanced
Context window1.05M
Max output66K
Input / 1M tokens$0.75
Output / 1M tokens$3.75
WeightsClosed
ParametersNot verifiedUnverified
Reasoning levelsminimal, low, medium, high
Modalitiestext, image, video, audio, pdf
API model idgemini-3.6-flash
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026

Pricing tiers: Intro Standard $0.75/$3.75 per MTok through December 31, 2026; $1.50/$7.50 from January 1, 2027. Output includes thinking tokens. Cached input $0.075, rising to $0.15; storage $0.50/MTok-hour, rising to $1. Batch/Flex input/output are $0.375/$1.875, rising to $0.75/$3.75. Priority $1.35/$6.75, rising to $2.70/$13.50. Grounding tools have separate charges and quotas; free-tier limits differ from paid.

Publisher evidence

Published benchmark results

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Published benchmark results for Gemini 3.6 Flash
BenchmarkScoreSource dateSource
Terminal-Bench 2.178%2026-07Google DeepMind model evaluation report (vendor, Terminus-2 harness) · View source
DeepSWE 1.1High thinking; quoted Datacurve result; July 3.6 report rounds to 49%48.6%2026-08Google DeepMind August 3.7 evaluation report (quoting Datacurve for 3.6 Flash, 48.6%) · View source
HLE-VerifiedFull 1,811-item verified/revised set; differs from original HLE and AA text-only HLE51.2%2026-08Google DeepMind model evaluation report (vendor; full 1,811-item HLE-Verified set) · View source

Best for

  • Multimodal pipelines
  • High-volume processing
  • Video and audio input

Watch out

An earlier Flash model, still listed as stable. Google reports improvements on selected tasks for later releases; that does not establish a quality increase for every workload. Thinking includes minimal through high; computer use is Preview. Intro pricing doubles January 1, 2027.

History

Gemini 3.6 Flash timeline

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Source receipts

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Common questions

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost per million tokens?
Gemini 3.6 Flash lists base rates of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens. Estimate both input and output token volume and any additional charges for your workload. Intro Standard $0.75/$3.75 per MTok through December 31, 2026; $1.50/$7.50 from January 1, 2027. Output includes thinking tokens. Cached input $0.075, rising to $0.15; storage $0.50/MTok-hour, rising to $1. Batch/Flex input/output are $0.375/$1.875, rising to $0.75/$3.75. Priority $1.35/$6.75, rising to $2.70/$13.50. Grounding tools have separate charges and quotas; free-tier limits differ from paid.
What is Gemini 3.6 Flash's context window?
Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts about 1.05M tokens of context. That only matters if you routinely send very long documents, large codebases, or multi-turn histories that approach that limit.
What is Gemini 3.6 Flash best for?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is a balanced tier from Google. It suits multimodal pipelines, high-volume processing, video and audio input. An earlier Flash model, still listed as stable. Google reports improvements on selected tasks for later releases; that does not establish a quality increase for every workload. Thinking includes minimal through high; computer use is Preview. Intro pricing doubles January 1, 2027.
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