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This page keeps its stated price basis and workload controls. MODEL PROOF # Gemini 3.6 Flash Google · 21 Jul 2026 · proprietary Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic TRADE-OFF ## A stored alternative has an equal-or-higher score and an equal-or-lower price, with capability losses. **$1.50** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out Reasoning tokens are billed separately. [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) · Δ score 11.5 points · 64% lower measured price - no file input Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) [Vendor cross-check](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing) [LMArena · cc-by-4.0](https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset) Independent LMArena score 1,479.5 ± 4.4 · 36,070 votes Context window 1.05M Maximum output 65.54K Input modalities text, image, video, file, audio Output modalities text Published input price $0.750 / 1M tokens Published output price $3.75 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from Google: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate. Cheaper right now: $0.750/M at Google — delivery tier (flex) It does not pass the like-for-like test, so it never sets a rank. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $0.750 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $3.75 /M | | Cached input | $0.075 /M | | Cache write | $0.042 /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | $3.75 /M | | Web search | $0.014 /call | | Batch discount | 50% | **Reasoning tokens are billed separately** at $3.75/M, on top of output. Its share of your bill depends on the reasoning tokens used. ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. 7 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller Google google-vertex/global/flex Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.038 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $0.375 | Output $1.88 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.78% | | Seller Google AI Studio google-ai-studio/flex Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.038 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $0.375 | Output $1.88 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.79% | | Seller Google AI Studio google-ai-studio Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.075 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $0.750 | Output $3.75 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.85% | | Seller Google google-vertex/global Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.075 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.97% | Input $0.750 | Output $3.75 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.92% | | Seller Google google-vertex/us Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.083 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $0.825 | Output $4.13 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | | Seller Google google-vertex/global/priority Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.135 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.84% | Input $1.35 | Output $6.75 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.90% | | Seller Google AI Studio google-ai-studio/priority Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.135 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.37% | Input $1.35 | Output $6.75 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.65% | ### Independent scores | LMArena Elo | 1479.5 high | | --- | --- | LMArena Elo under CC BY 4.0. Absence of another board is not a score of zero. #### Best rankings by task - ASCII art #8 1288 - Websites #11 1306 - Data visualisation #11 1299 - Native Android apps #11 1217 - Agenticgamedev #13 1180 - Code categories #14 1294 - UI components #15 1302 - Mobile apps #16 1195 Per-task Elo and rank from [Design Arena](https://designarena.ai), via OpenRouter’s model feed. The rank is the feed’s, and it counts models OpenRouter does not list. ### Capability | Context window | 1M | | --- | --- | | Max output | 65K | | Input modes | text, image, video, file, audio | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | always on | | Open weights | no | ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | verified | | Cross-checked | [vendor page](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing) | 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... ## Questions this page answers What does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost? $0.750/M in, $3.75/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does Gemini 3.6 Flash have an independent quality score? Gemini 3.6 Flash has an LMArena score in this catalogue. What beats Gemini 3.6 Flash? MiMo-V2.6-Pro has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price, with capability trade-offs. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for Gemini 3.6 Flash? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash. Balanced workload. Alternative has a trade-off. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. Copy model link Download square card · 1080 × 1080 Copy landscape image Share landscape card ## Related - Higher score and cheaper, with a named trade [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) - Nearby on the capability axis [Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview](/models/google__gemini-3.1-pro-preview/) - Same vendor [Gemini 3.7 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.7-flash/) - Google models [Google](/providers/google/) - Where this model appears [disagreement](/disagreement/) - Nearby on the capability axis [Muse Spark 1.1](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.1/) - Same vendor [Gemini 3.8 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.8-flash/) - Where this model appears [effort](/effort/) - Nearby on the capability axis [Gemini 3.5 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.5-flash/) - Same vendor [Gemini 2.5 Pro](/models/google__gemini-2.5-pro/) - Where this model appears [traps](/traps/) - Where this model appears [significance](/significance/) ## Badge The verdict as one SVG, for a README or a docs page. 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