Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is a high-efficiency model from Google for coding, agentic workflows, and web and app development. It is designed to produce polished outputs with fewer unnecessary edits and less hedging, while reducing token use and the number of model calls needed to complete a task.
- Organization
- Family
- gemini-flash
- Providers
- 33
- Context
- 1,048,576
- Output limit
- 65,536
- Knowledge
- 2026-03
- Release
- 2026-07-21
- Updated
- —
- Weights
- Closed
- Input
- text, image/png, image/jpeg, image/webp, image/heic, image/heif, video/mp4, video/mpeg, video/mov, video/avi, video/x-flv, video/mpg, video/webm, video/wmv, video/3gpp, audio/wav, audio/mp3, audio/aiff, audio/aac, audio/ogg, audio/flac, audio/mpeg, audio/m4a, audio/l16, audio/opus, audio/alaw, audio/mulaw, audio/webm, application/pdf
- Output
- text
- Capabilities
- —
Providers
Compare every cataloged offer for this model, including its provider, route, token limits, price, and capabilities.
| Provider | Model ID | Context | Output | Input / output · 1M | Reasoning | Tools | Structured | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302.AI | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Abacus | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| AIHubMix | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| AI/ML API | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Cloudflare AI Gateway | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| CommandCode | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,000,000 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Cortecs | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,535 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| CrossModel | gemini/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Eden AI | vertex/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Eden AI | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Eden AI | vertex/gemini-3.6-flash@eu | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Eden AI | vertex/gemini-3.6-flash@us | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| FrogBot | gemini-3-6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| GitHub Copilot | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,000,000 | 64,000 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View | |
| Impossibl | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Kenari | gemini-3-6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Kilo Gateway | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| LLM Gateway | google-ai-studio/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| LLM Gateway | google-vertex/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Merge Gateway | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| NanoGPT | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Neon | gemini-3-6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Ofox | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| OpenCode | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Googlevia OpenRouter | google/gemini-3.6-flash unknown | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $0.825 / $4.125 | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| Googlevia OpenRouter | google/gemini-3.6-flash unknown | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $0.375 / $1.875 | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| Googlevia OpenRouter | google/gemini-3.6-flash unknown | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $1.35 / $6.75 | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| Googlevia OpenRouter | google/gemini-3.6-flash unknown | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $0.75 / $3.75 | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| Google AI Studiovia OpenRouter | google/gemini-3.6-flash unknown | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $1.35 / $6.75 | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| Google AI Studiovia OpenRouter | google/gemini-3.6-flash unknown | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $0.375 / $1.875 | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| Google AI Studiovia OpenRouter | google/gemini-3.6-flash unknown | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | $0.75 / $3.75 | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| OrcaRouter | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Perplexity Agent | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Poe | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Prime Inference | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Requesty | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,535 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| SAP AI Core | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Tempr Gateway | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Venice AI | gemini-3-6-flash | 1,000,000 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Vercel AI Gateway | google/gemini-3.6-flash | 1,000,000 | 64,000 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
| Vertex | gemini-3.6-flash | 1,048,576 | 65,536 | — / — | — | — | — | View |
Prices and limits apply to each offer. A dash means the value is not provided. OpenRouter offers show the hosting provider and routing channel separately.
Pricing
Compare token rates and cache charges across available routes and hosting configurations.
Lowest listed input and output prices across the offers above; they may belong to different providers. These are base rates, before conditional pricing, discounts or additional fees.
google/gemini-3.6-flashObserved - Input
- $0.75
- Output
- $3.75
- Cache read
- $0.075
- Cache write
- $0.041667
Additional fees and pricing conditions
- audio
- $0.00000075 / audio token
- image
- $0.00000075 / image
- web search
- $0.014 / search
- input audio cache
- $0.000000075 / audio token
- internal reasoning
- $0.00000375 / reasoning token
Hosting prices through OpenRouter All endpoints and cache rates
| Endpoint | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Googlegoogle-vertex/us | $0.825 | $4.125 | $0.0825 | $0.041667 |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global/flex | $0.375 | $1.875 | $0.0375 | $0.020833 |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global/priority | $1.35 | $6.75 | $0.135 | $0.075 |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | $0.041667 |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio/priority | $1.35 | $6.75 | $0.135 | $0.075 |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio/flex | $0.375 | $1.875 | $0.0375 | $0.020833 |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.075 | $0.041667 |
Each row is a hosting configuration. Open an offer in Providers for its full pricing conditions and additional fees. Endpoint observations may differ from the routing catalog's base price.
Performance
Review reported latency and output-throughput percentiles from the latest observed rolling window.
Time to first token · milliseconds
All latency percentiles 7 endpoints
| Endpoint | P50 | P75 | P90 | P99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Googlegoogle-vertex/us | 1,285 ms | 7,149 ms | 7,474.2 ms | 7,806.12 ms |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global/flex | 12,055.5 ms | 57,759 ms | 83,312.9 ms | 209,065.64 ms |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global/priority | 2,567 ms | 2,861.5 ms | 3,461.6 ms | 6,831.76 ms |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global | 1,386 ms | 1,749 ms | 2,309.9 ms | 5,699.4 ms |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio/priority | 1,717 ms | 1,963.5 ms | 3,178.6 ms | 4,780.62 ms |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio/flex | 1,277 ms | 2,808 ms | 3,251 ms | 4,702.8 ms |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio | 1,166 ms | 1,298 ms | 1,909.6 ms | 5,304.96 ms |
Output throughput · tokens per second
All throughput percentiles 7 endpoints
| Endpoint | P50 | P75 | P90 | P99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Googlegoogle-vertex/us | 54.5 t/s | 61.25 t/s | 82.1 t/s | 124.31 t/s |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global/flex | 33 t/s | 60 t/s | 76.4 t/s | 124.39 t/s |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global/priority | 175 t/s | 193 t/s | 207.6 t/s | 226.26 t/s |
| Googlegoogle-vertex/global | 127 t/s | 164 t/s | 199 t/s | 260 t/s |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio/priority | 193 t/s | 210 t/s | 223 t/s | 242.39 t/s |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio/flex | 130.5 t/s | 176.25 t/s | 193 t/s | 206.71 t/s |
| Google AI Studiogoogle-ai-studio | 76 t/s | 112 t/s | 156 t/s | 210 t/s |
Percentiles describe the observed request distribution. These are snapshots of a rolling window, not a historical time series.
Uptime
Compare successful request rates across the latest 5-minute, 30-minute, and 24-hour observations.
Reported by OpenRouter at the time of collection; rate-limited requests are excluded. A dash means no measurement was reported. This is not a live availability check.
Benchmarks
Review attributed evaluation results on each source's original scale.
google/gemini-3.6-flashObserved | Design Arena | Category | Elo | Win rate | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| agents | agenticgamedev | 1,180 | 47.8% | 13 |
| agents | androidnative | 1,217 | 53.7% | 11 |
| agents | fullstack | 1,181 | 44.3% | 21 |
| agents | htmlslides | 1,148 | 41.9% | 17 |
| agents | mobileapps | 1,195 | 50.2% | 16 |
| agents | python-pptxslides | 1,146 | 38.8% | 24 |
| agents | webapps | 1,187 | 45.4% | 23 |
| models | 3d | 1,279 | 53.2% | 19 |
| models | asciiart | 1,283 | 56.8% | 8 |
| models | codecategories | 1,293 | 53.4% | 15 |
| models | dataviz | 1,294 | 52.4% | 13 |
| models | gamedev | 1,271 | 51.2% | 25 |
| models | uicomponent | 1,298 | 53.7% | 15 |
| models | website | 1,303 | 55.4% | 13 |
Sources: Artificial Analysis and Design Arena, via OpenRouter. Scores retain their original scales and are not OpenAI Suite ratings.
Detailed evaluations
| Evaluation | Configuration | Source | Results | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| models · website | Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | Design Arena | 1,292 Elo | Details |
| models · asciiart | Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | Design Arena | 1,276 Elo | Details |
| models · uicomponent | Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | Design Arena | 1,290 Elo | Details |
| models · codecategories | Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | Design Arena | 1,279 Elo | Details |
| Composite indices | Gemini 3.6 Flash (High)google/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | Artificial Analysis | Intelligence — · Coding 69.2 · Agentic 29 | Details |
| gpqa diamond | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | OpenRouter | 92.761% | Details |
| models · 3d | Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | Design Arena | 1,250 Elo | Details |
| models · dataviz | Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | Design Arena | 1,288 Elo | Details |
| tau bench verified airline | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | OpenRouter | 75.333% | Details |
| models · gamedev | Gemini 3.6 Flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | Design Arena | 1,252 Elo | Details |
Sources: Artificial Analysis, Design Arena and OpenRouter. Evaluation configurations and scales differ; results are not interchangeable. Updated Nov 14, 2026.
Apps & session costs
Compare observed median session costs for applications using this model, grouped by conversation length.
| Application | Model route | Turns | Median cost / session | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent | google/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | 2–9 turns | $0.022451 | Details |
| Hermes Agent | google/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | 1 turn | $0.001718 | Details |
| Hermes Agent | google/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721 | 10–49 turns | $0.157705 | Details |
Source: OpenRouter, as of Nov 9, 2026. Published under CC BY 4.0. These are observed costs per session, not token prices or a forecast for your workload. Apps are compared separately.
Activity
Daily prompt and completion tokens reported for this model's routes in OpenRouter's top 50. Missing days have no published value.
543,487,918,358 tokens
156,843,538,241 tokens
62,174,141,082 tokens
97,325,380,712 tokens
98,173,104,729 tokens
21,447,664,894 tokens
36,415,228,212 tokens
67,032,767,625 tokens
241,478,729,046 tokens
66,700,520,935 tokens
35,462,436,878 tokens
33,290,220,679 tokens
Daily observations · 12 days
| Date (UTC) | Reported tokens | Reported routes |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | 33,290,220,679 | 1 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 35,462,436,878 | 1 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 66,700,520,935 | 1 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 241,478,729,046 | 1 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 67,032,767,625 | 1 |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 36,415,228,212 | 1 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 21,447,664,894 | 1 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 98,173,104,729 | 1 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | 97,325,380,712 | 1 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | 62,174,141,082 | 1 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 156,843,538,241 | 1 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 543,487,918,358 | 1 |
Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of Nov 14, 2026. CC BY 4.0. Totals include only individually published routes. Tokenizers differ by provider; the aggregated “other” category is never assigned to a model.
Technical details & API
Explore specifications, supported parameters, reasoning controls, and API identifiers for each OpenRouter route.
google/gemini-3.6-flashObserved - Context
- 1,048,576
- Maximum output
- 65,536
- Tokenizer
- Gemini
- Input
- text, image, video, file, audio
- Output
- text
- Moderation
- No
- Added to OpenRouter
- 2026-07-21
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1google/gemini-3.6-flashgoogle/gemini-3.6-flash-20260721Reasoning
- Required
- Yes
- Enabled by default
- Yes
- Default effort
- medium
- Supported efforts
- high, medium, low, minimal
Supported parameters
include_reasoningmax_tokensreasoningreasoning_effortresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_p
Frequently asked questions
Answers based on the model metadata and serving offers currently in the catalog.
How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost?
Listed rates start at $0.375 per million input tokens and $1.875 per million output tokens. Prices vary by provider and configuration; see Pricing for details.
Which providers offer Gemini 3.6 Flash?
There are 43 cataloged offers across 33 providers. Compare model IDs, prices and limits in Providers.
What is the context window?
The cataloged model context is 1,048,576 tokens. Each serving endpoint may apply a different limit.
Does it support tools and structured output?
Tool calling: Not reported. Structured output: Not reported. Support can vary by endpoint.
Catalog history · 3 recorded revisions
Metadata observations since this model was first cataloged. These are not model release versions.
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