Gemini 3.6 Flash
- In Input modalities: TextImageVideoAudioPDF Out Output modalities: Text
- Reasoning· minimal, low, medium, high
- Tool use
- Structured output
Prices
3 offerings · prices as listed Gemini API (opens in a new tab)
gemini-3.6-flash| Conditions/ 1M tokens | Input | Cache read | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard until Dec 31, 2026 | $0.75 | $0.075 | $3.75 |
| Flex tier until Dec 31, 2026 | $0.375 | $0.0375 | $1.875 |
| Priority tier until Dec 31, 2026 | $1.35 | $0.135 | $6.75 |
| Batch until Dec 31, 2026 | $0.375 | $0.0375 | $1.875 |
| Standard from Jan 1, 2027 | $1.50 | $0.15 | $7.50 |
| Flex tier from Jan 1, 2027 | $0.75 | $0.075 | $3.75 |
| Priority tier from Jan 1, 2027 | $2.70 | $0.27 | $13.50 |
| Batch from Jan 1, 2027 | $0.75 | $0.075 | $3.75 |
Prices from Gemini API pricing (opens in a new tab) (checked Nov 8, 2026)
Standard: the price a request with no conditions pays (the headline price elsewhere on the site).
Details
- Max input
- 1M
- Built-in tools
- Web search, Web fetch, Code execution, Computer use, Maps
- Knowledge cutoff
- Mar 2026
- Open weights
- —
- Family
- gemini-flash
- Model ID
Not stated on Google’s pages: reasoning can be off, max thinking budget, aliases.
Cited scores
From third-party leaderboards, not measured by us- Epoch Capabilities Index 155.2
#41 of 118 listed models · CI 153.5–157.1
- LMArena Text 1,483
#19 of 163 listed models · high effort · CI 1,478–1,487 · 35,428 votes
- Epoch AI · Chess Puzzles 42%
#33 of 85 listed models · low effort · ±4.96
Also listed: high effort 40% · minimal effort 29%
- Epoch AI · FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 22%
#45 of 65 listed models · high effort · ±6.54
- Epoch AI, 'Capabilities & benchmarking'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks'. Licensed CC BY 4.0. · License · as of Oct 28 – Nov 5, 2026
- LMArena (Arena), leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face, licensed CC BY 4.0 · License · as of Nov 8, 2026
- EQ-Bench by Samuel J. Paech (eqbench.com; EQ-bench/EQ-bench-site on GitHub), MIT License. · License · as of Oct 28, 2026
- LiveBench (White et al.), release 2026-06-25, livebench.ai, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. This board, adapted from it, is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. · License · as of Jun 25, 2026
- changes we made
Provider-reported scores
Published by Google, under the conditions it states| Benchmark | Setting | Score |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Pro | public set, internal Antigravity harness | 58.7% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Terminus-2 harness, pass@1 | 78% |
| OSWorld-Verified | average of 5 runs, single attempt, max 100 steps | 83% |
| CharXiv Reasoning | no tools | 85.2% |
| with tools (search + code execution) | 89.4% |
News
All news →- Sep 1, 2026Capability Google adds agentic video understanding to Gemini Agentic video understanding is available for Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash, and 3.5 Flash-Lite on the Interactions and GenerateContent APIs. Google says it can use up to 88% fewer tokens on long-form video than static processing.
Price history
Gemini API · standard rate · as listedInput per 1M tokens
| From | Price |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Jan 1, 2027 | $1.50 |
Output per 1M tokens
| From | Price |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | $3.75 |
| Jan 1, 2027 | $7.50 |
Changes
All changes →- Available → Deprecated on Google Cloud Vertex AI, regional
- Available → Deprecated on Google Cloud Vertex AI
Sources
- Gemini 3.6 Flash model evaluation (approach, methodology & results) (opens in a new tab) deepmind.google · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Gemini API pricing (opens in a new tab) ai.google.dev · checked Nov 8, 2026
- Gemini 3.6 Flash model (opens in a new tab) ai.google.dev · checked Nov 8, 2026
- gemini 3 6 flash model card (opens in a new tab) deepmind.google · checked Nov 8, 2026
- Gemini API changelog (opens in a new tab) ai.google.dev · checked Nov 8, 2026
- Gemini 3.6 Flash - Model Card — Google DeepMind (opens in a new tab) deepmind.google · checked Nov 5, 2026
- Gemini thinking - Interactions API | Google AI for Developers (opens in a new tab) ai.google.dev · checked Nov 8, 2026
- Vertex AI generative AI pricing (opens in a new tab) cloud.google.com · checked Nov 5, 2026
- Vertex AI: model versions and lifecycle (opens in a new tab) docs.cloud.google.com · checked Nov 5, 2026
- Gemini 3.6 Flash | Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform | Google Cloud Documentation (opens in a new tab) docs.cloud.google.com · checked Nov 8, 2026
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