Gemini 3.6 Flash
google · google/gemini-3.6-flash
Fast Gemini model balancing multimodal reasoning, tool use, and cost
≈699k Chinese characters of context · Reads images · Step-by-step reasoning · Calls tools / agents · Structured JSON output
Read a 200,000-Chinese-character book and write a 2,000-Chinese-character summary: about $0.24
An order-of-magnitude estimate at 1.5 tokens per Chinese character and the vendor's own rate — not a quote. Full method: the glossary on the AI Models page.
Specs
| Context | 1,048,576(≈699k Chinese characters) |
|---|---|
| Max output | 65,536 |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | 2026-07-21 |
Source: models.dev snapshot 2026-08-29
Who serves it, at what price
| Provider | In /M | Out /M | Cache read /M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Googlefirst-party | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 |
| Abacus | $1.5 | $7.5 | $0.15 |
| Cortecs | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 |
| GitHub Copilot | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 |
| Vertex | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 |
| OpenCode Zen | $1.5 | $7.5 | $0.15 |
| Pioneer | $1.5 | $7.5 | $0.15 |
| Requesty | $1.5 | $7 | $0.15 |
Rows tagged “first-party” are the model vendor's own pricing; untagged rows are resale channels and may differ.
When to choose it
This model is on our watch list but has no written assessment yet — we do not write what we cannot support. The specs and prices above still stand.
Leaderboard
Not yet on any leaderboard we track. That does not mean the model performs poorly — it means we have not taken this snapshot for it yet, and we do not publish a score we have not measured.