Google (Gemini) · Gemini 3.6 Flash
gemini-3.6-flashAvailable from the provider.
- Released
- Deprecatednot announced
- Retirednot announced
Summary
Gemini 3.6 Flash is a Gemini 3 Flash release from mid-2026, at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens. Google positions it for code generation, agentic execution and spatial reasoning at Flash speed.
Gemini 3.6 Flash is listed with a July 2026 update and is named on Google's deprecation page as the replacement for several retired Gemini 2.0 and 2.5 Flash preview models. Two newer Flash models, 3.7 and 3.8, have since appeared at the same $0.75 / $3.75 price and with the same limits.
It takes text, image, video, audio and PDF input and returns text, within a 1,048,576-token input limit and a 65,536-token output limit. It supports structured outputs, caching, function calling, code execution, search grounding, URL context, thinking, the Batch API and computer use in preview. The Live API is not supported.
No deprecation has been announced.
Tags
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Tier
Mid-tierAccess
Hosted APISpecifications
- Input price
- $0.75 / M tok
- Output price
- $3.75 / M tok
- Price class
- Standard
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Released
- 21 July 2026
- Input modalities
- text, image
- Output modalities
- text
- Knowledge cutoff
- unknown
- Tool use
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- License
- unknown
- Maker
- Google (Gemini)
Use it for
- Run rapid agentic coding loops where each step has to be cheap and fast.
- Migrate off retired Gemini 2.0 Flash or 2.5 Flash preview models, for which Google names this as the replacement.
- Process mixed text, image, video, audio and PDF input in a single request.
Avoid it when
- You are starting a new integration; Gemini 3.8 Flash costs the same and is two generations newer.
- You need more than 65,536 output tokens in a single response.
- Cost per call is the binding constraint; Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.3 / $2.5 for high-throughput work.
Alternatives
What to use instead. Curated suggestions are written by our editors for this model; derived ones are ranked automatically from tags, tier and price class.
- Gemini 3.8 Flashcurated
Google (Gemini)
gemini-3.8-flashThe newest Flash release at an identical $0.75 / $3.75 with the same limits and modalities.
In $0.75 / M tokOut $3.75 / M tok
ActiveTextVisionChat+6 - Gemini 3.5 Flash-Litecurated
Google (Gemini)
gemini-3.5-flash-liteLess than half the input price at $0.3 / $2.5 with the same modalities, for sub-agent and high-volume work.
In $0.30 / M tokOut $2.50 / M tok
ActiveTextVisionChat
Change history
Status and price changes for this model, newest first. See all changes →
- Price change
- Input
- $1.50 to $0.75 -50% / M tok
- Output
- $7.50 to $3.75 -50% / M tok
Price history
| Date | Input | Output | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| (current) | $0.75 | $3.75 | ▼ decreased |
| $1.50 | $7.50 | first record |
Sources & verification
Facts
Status, dates, pricing and specifications were verified against these pages.
Last verified: (2026-09-10 12:00) · ✓ verified
Editorial profile
The summary, the advice and the curated alternatives are our assessment, not a provider claim.
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