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Gemini 3.6 Flash
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Gemini 3.6 Flash

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Google's stable Flash workhorse for coding, knowledge work and multimodal agents. It combines a 1M-token context, controllable thinking and built-in tools with better token efficiency than Gemini 3.5 Flash.

Modalities
TextImageAudioVideoText
Context
1M
Max output
66K
Price / 1M tokens
$ 1.50in$ 7.50out
StreamingTool callingJSON outputImage inputThinking mode · can be turned off

What this model is good at

What the vendor positions it for, and which of our models to reach for instead.

VendorA token-efficient workhorse balancing speed and frontier intelligence for agentic and multimodal tasks.source

Best for

  • Rapid agentic coding loops · It is designed for complex coding iterations and multi-step agent execution at Flash latency.(vendor claim)source

  • Efficient knowledge work · Google reports better quality with lower token usage than 3.5 Flash.(vendor claim)source

  • Spatial and multimodal reasoning · The model targets spatial reasoning across text, image, audio and video.(vendor claim)source

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Pricing and billing

Billed per token. Cached input is charged at the cache-read rate.

Price / 1M tokensYou pay
Input$ 1.50
Output$ 7.50
Cache read$ 0.15
Cache write$ 1.50
Estimate a request
$ 0.0300
Estimated cost per request
10.0K × $ 1.50
+ 2.0K × $ 7.50
≈ $ 30.00 per 1,000 requests

Capabilities and limits

What CrossModel guarantees across every route this model can take right now.

Context window
1.0M tokens
Max output
65.5K tokens
Input / output modalities
Text + Image + Audio + Video → Text
Streaming
Supported
Tool calling
Supported
Structured output (JSON)
Supported
Image input
Supported
Thinking mode
Supported· can be turned off
Reasoning effort
minimal · low · medium · high
Available endpoints
/v1/chat/completions · /v1/responses · /v1/messages
First-party sources:Specsdeepmind.google 1ai.google.dev 2Capabilitiesai.google.dev 1ai.google.dev 2

Published benchmarks

Scores the vendor reported, with the evaluation setup each one came from.

Agentic coding
  • Terminal-Bench 2.1
    pass_rate·Google DeepMind · 2026-07-21Terminus 2setup not fully disclosed
    78%
Coding
  • SWE-Bench Pro (Public)
    pass_rate·Google DeepMind · 2026-07-21setup not fully disclosed
    58.7%
Computer use
  • OSWorld-Verified
    success_rate·Google DeepMind · 2026-07-21setup not fully disclosed
    83%
Knowledge work
  • GDPval-AA v2
    elo·Google DeepMind · 2026-07-21setup not fully disclosed
    1421
Multimodal reasoning
  • CharXiv Reasoning (no tools)
    accuracy·Google DeepMind · 2026-07-21setup not fully disclosed
    85.2%

Vendor-reported numbers, not CrossModel measurements. Scores are only comparable when the benchmark version, metric and evaluation setup match, so nothing here is averaged or ranked.

Use it in your tools

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Frequently asked questions

What is Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is available on CrossModel as gemini/gemini-3.6-flash. It has a 1M-token context window and can return up to 66K tokens per request.
How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost?
Currently $ 1.50 per 1M input tokens and $ 7.50 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is billed at $ 0.15 per 1M.
Does Gemini 3.6 Flash support tool calling and structured output?
Tool calling: Supported · Structured output (JSON): Supported · Image input: Supported · Streaming: Supported · Thinking mode: Supported
Which endpoint do I call?
For text models, OpenAI Chat Completions (/v1/chat/completions), OpenAI Responses (/v1/responses) and Anthropic Messages (/v1/messages) all work — pick whichever your SDK already speaks.
Can I try it without writing code?
Yes. Sign in and open the Playground on this page to chat with the model directly — no API key needed. Usage is billed from your wallet at the normal rate.

Chat first, integrate later

Chat first, then wire it in once you like the answers.