Gemini 3.6 Flash
The successor to Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google's workhorse model for agentic coding, knowledge work and multimodal tasks.
Key Specifications
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 66K tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- web search available
- Released
- Inputs
- Text, image, video, audio
- Capabilities Show details
- Reasoning Thinks before it answers, always on or as a switchable mode. Function calling Connect to external tools, APIs, and systems. Structured output Return responses in structured formats like JSON. Web search Search the web for up-to-date information. Code execution Write and execute code in a sandboxed environment. File upload Process uploaded documents, spreadsheets, and other files.
Hosted API pricing
| Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | Cost at 10M in + 2M out | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Google Cloud
Creator
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$1.50 | $7.50 | $30.00 | View |
Heads up: Prices are estimates using base-tier, on-demand rates per 1M tokens from published pages. Providers may serve a shorter context or a quantized build than the creator's release. Verify with the provider before provisioning. How we estimate costs.
Similarly priced models
The models nearest Gemini 3.6 Flash by blended rate, each at its own cheapest provider.
| Model | Blended / 1M | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Cutoff | vs Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qwen3.7-Max
Alibaba Cloud
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$1.67 | $1.25 | $3.75 | 1M | −33% | |
Muse Spark 1.1
Meta
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$1.75 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | −30% | |
|
Muse Spark 1.2
Meta
|
$1.75 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | −30% | |
GLM-5.1
Z.AI
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$1.88 | $1.38 | $4.40 | 205K | −25% | |
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GLM-5.3
Z.AI
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$1.90 | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | −24% | |
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Gemini 3.6 Flash
This model
Google Cloud
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$2.50 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 1M | Mar 2026 | |
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Gemini 3.7 Flash
Google Cloud
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$2.50 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 1M | Mar 2026 | 0% |
Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral
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$2.50 | $1.50 | $7.50 | 256K | 0% | |
Grok 4.5
xAI
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$2.67 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | Feb 2026 | +7% |
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Grok 4.6
xAI
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$2.67 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | Jan 2026 | +7% |
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Qwen3.8-Max
Alibaba Cloud
|
$2.67 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | +7% |
Prices are USD per 1M tokens at each model's cheapest listed provider. Blended is the cost of 10M input plus 2M output tokens, spread over the 12M.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Gemini 3.6 Flash good for?
Agent coding, knowledge work and multimodal tasks. It takes text, images, video and audio, succeeds Gemini 3.5 Flash and is Google's named replacement for Gemini 2.0 Flash.
When is Gemini 3.6 Flash not a good fit?
Budget-driven, high-volume work: it costs more than the Flash-Lite models in Google's lineup. Closed weights, so no self-hosting, and output is text only.
What is the cheapest way to run Gemini 3.6 Flash?
The cheapest hosted rate is $1.50 / $7.50 per 1M tokens via Google Cloud.
How does Gemini 3.6 Flash compare with Gemini 3.7 Flash?
Google says Gemini 3.7 Flash comes from developer feedback and algorithmic improvements, and beats Gemini 3.6 Flash at debugging and issue fixing, builds more complete apps in fewer prompts, and follows instructions more faithfully. Same price, 1M-token context and text, image, audio and video input. Gemini 3.6 Flash came out a month earlier.
Can I self-host Gemini 3.6 Flash?
No. Google Cloud does not publish the weights; Gemini 3.6 Flash is available only through hosted APIs.
More from Google Cloud
| Model | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
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Gemini 3.7 Flash
|
1M | $1.50 | $7.50 |
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Gemini 2.5 Pro
|
1M | $1.25 | $10.00 |
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Gemini 3.5 Flash
|
1M | $1.50 | $9.00 |
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
|
1M | $2.00 | $12.00 |
|
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
|
1M | $0.50 | $3.00 |
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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
|
1M | $0.30 | $2.50 |
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Gemini 2.5 Flash
|
1M | $0.30 | $2.50 |
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Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
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1M | $0.25 | $1.50 |