Google · Released Jul 21, 2026
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is a high-efficiency model from Google for coding, agentic workflows, and web and app development. It is designed to produce polished outputs with fewer unnecessary edits and...
- Top 9%GPQA Diamond
- Top 16%SimpleQA Verified
- Top 33%LMCA
- Top 34%ARC-AGI-1
- Released
- Jul 21 2026
- Context window
- 1M 66K out
- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.75 from $0.34
- Output / 1M tokens
- $3.75 from $1.71
Where to run it
32 providers compared
Cheapest: Kenari at $0.34 / $1.71 per 1M input / output tokens — 82% less than the priciest option.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Context | Max output | Uptime | vs. best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenari | $0.34 | $1.71 | $0.034 | 1M | 66K | — | Cheapest |
| Google AI Studio | $0.38 | $1.88 | $0.038 | 1M | 66K | 99.9%24h | +9% |
| Googleglobal | $0.38 | $1.88 | $0.038 | 1M | 66K | 87.4%24h | +9% |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.38 | $1.88 | $0.038 | 1M | 66K | — | +9% |
| Googleglobal | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | 100%24h | +119% |
| Google AI Studio | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | 99.9%24h | +119% |
| NanoGPT | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| Cortecs | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 64K | — | +119% |
| LLM Gateway | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| AIHubMix | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| GitHub Copilot | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 64K | — | +119% |
| Vertex | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| Abacus | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| CrossModel | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| Tempr Gateway | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| Ofox | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| Impossibl | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| OrcaRouter | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| Eden AI | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | 1M | 66K | — | +119% |
| Poe | $0.76 | $3.79 | $0.076 | 1M | 66K | — | +121% |
| Googleus | $0.82 | $4.13 | $0.083 | 1M | 66K | 100%24h | +141% |
| Venice AI | $0.94 | $4.69 | $0.094 | 1M | 66K | — | +173% |
| Google AI Studiopriority | $1.35 | $6.75 | $0.14 | 1M | 66K | 100%24h | +294% |
| Googleglobal/priority | $1.35 | $6.75 | $0.14 | 1M | 66K | 99.7%24h | +294% |
| Requesty | $1.50 | $7.00 | $0.15 | 1M | 66K | — | +319% |
| Cloudflare AI Gateway | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | 1M | 66K | — | +337% |
| Pioneer | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | 1M | 64K | — | +337% |
| 302.AI | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | 1M | 66K | — | +337% |
| Perplexity Agent | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | 1M | 66K | — | +337% |
| Prime Inference | $1.50 | $7.50 | — | 1M | 66K | — | +337% |
| Neon | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | 1M | 66K | — | +337% |
| CommandCode | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | 1M | 66K | — | +337% |
| Merge Gateway | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | 1M | 66K | — | +337% |
| OpenCode | $1.50 | $7.50 | $0.15 | 1M | 66K | — | +337% |
| AI/ML API | $1.95 | $9.75 | $0.20 | 1M | 66K | — | +469% |
Value
Price vs. performance
Gemini 3.6 Flash Other Google Other labs Value frontier · GPQA Diamond vs. input price per 1M tokens (log scale) · Drag to pan, pinch or Ctrl + scroll to zoom, double-click to zoom in.
Benchmarks
19 benchmark scores
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSWESoftware engineering · Original long-horizon tasks across active open-source repos | 46.7% | #21of 26 | GPT-6 Astra74.1% |
| FrontierCodeSoftware engineering · Mergeable fixes for hard open-source issues | 34.4% | #29of 41 | Claude Opus 5.554.6% |
| SciCodeSoftware engineering · Research-coding problems from the natural sciences | 53.4% | #36of 102 | Claude Opus 5.566.9% |
| APEX-AgentsAgents & computer use · Long professional tasks in banking, consulting and law | 46.9% | #32of 51 | Gemini 4 Argon82.4% |
| GDP.pdfWriting & content · Answer questions about real professional PDFs | 14.0% | #31of 38 | GPT-6.1 Sol35.0% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedWriting & content · Factual accuracy on 1,000 short questions | 66.2% | #12of 79 | Gemini 4 Argon76.0% |
| WebDev ArenaDesign & visual · People vote on which model builds the better website (Elo) | 1537 | #36of 90 | Claude Opus 5.51820 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2Design & visual · Turn apartment photos into 2D floor plans | 31.2% | #15of 32 | Gemini 4 Argon54.4% |
| Furniture AssemblyDesign & visual · Spot mistakes in photos of IKEA builds | 23.3% | #29of 34 | Claude Opus 5.583.3% |
| GPQA DiamondReasoning & knowledge · PhD-level biology, chemistry and physics questions | 94.1% | #10of 122 | Gemini 4 Argon96.4% |
| ARC-AGI-2Reasoning & knowledge · Few-shot abstract reasoning on grid puzzles | 60.4% | #33of 75 | GPT-6 Astra95.0% |
| ARC-AGI-1Reasoning & knowledge · Pattern induction from input–output examples | 91.2% | #25of 75 | Gemini 4 Argon98.5% |
| CritPtReasoning & knowledge · Open-ended, research-level physics problems | 10.6% | #48of 111 | GPT-5.6 Sol32.3% |
| Chess PuzzlesReasoning & knowledge · Find the single best move in 100 new puzzles | 42.0% | #33of 83 | GPT-6 Astra76.0% |
| LMCAReasoning & knowledge · Judge the quality of conceptual arguments like experts | 44.9% | #40of 123 | Claude Sonnet 5.568.3% |
| FrontierMathMaths · Expert-written problems, undergrad to early research (tiers 1–3) | 59.0% | #40of 87 | GPT-6.1 Sol93.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4Maths · Exceptionally hard research-level problems | 21.9% | #44of 64 | GPT-6.1 Sol100.0% |
| ProofBenchMaths · Graduate maths proofs verified in Lean 4 | 36.0% | #41of 70 | Claude Sonnet 5.5100.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIMEMaths · Competition-style problems harder than MATH Level 5 | 94.2% | #42of 120 | Gemini 4 Argon100.0% |
Specs
Details
- Model ID
google/gemini-3.6-flash- Developer
- Release date
- Jul 21, 2026 ·
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- API price
- $0.75 / $3.75 per 1M input / output tokens
- Providers
- 32
- Input types
- text, image, video, file, audio
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Open weights
- No
- Free tier
- No
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