Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash from Google is a robust AI model capable of handling diverse input modalities including text, images, videos, files, and audio. It boasts an impressive context length of 1048576 tokens and supports both reasoning and tool integration, making it versatile for complex tasks. However, this model lacks structured output support and independent benchmark coverage, which means its performance relative to other models is currently unverified. Given its pricing at $1.5 per million input tokens and $7.5 per million output tokens, Gemini 3.6 Flash might be more suitable for organizations willing to invest in a powerful but not yet widely tested model. Its comprehensive multimodal capabilities make it a strong contender for projects requiring diverse data inputs.
- Model ID
- google/gemini-3.6-flash
- Vendor
- Released
- July 2026
- Tokenizer
- Gemini
- Input Modalities
- text, image, video, file, audio
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 65,536 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- ✓ accepts audio
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $1.50/M input and $7.50/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | $0.06 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $1.12 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $22.50 |
Strong choice for
Category rankings
Where Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash places across the 4 categories it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | TTS ReplacementVoice · of 22 ranked | 115 |
| #8 | Audio SummarizationVoice · of 22 ranked | 139 |
| #9 | TranscriptionVoice · of 22 ranked | 115 |
| #21 | Video SummarizationVideo · of 25 ranked | 139 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash cost?
- $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens.
- What is Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash's context window?
- 1,048,576 tokens, roughly 1,572 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.