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Gemini 3.6 Flash

GoogleReleased Jul 21, 2026Current

Score basis

Gemini 3.6 Flash is strong in long context and factuality; capable in multimodal tasks, reasoning, and agentic tasks; and behind the leaders in instruction following, coding, and math. Too few results yet to rate safety or multilingual tasks.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Strong2 capabilities
  1. Long Context−5.0%2 of 3
  2. Factuality−6.9%3 of 4
Capable3 capabilities
  1. Multimodal−15.1%2 of 6
  2. Reasoning−17.7%5 of 6
  3. Agentic−21.8%4 of 7
Limited3 capabilities
  1. Instruction Following−30.8%1 of 3
  2. Coding−31.8%6 of 10
  3. Math−50.9%5 of 5
Not rated2 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Safety or Multilingual.

Price

$0.75input$3.75outputper million tokens

From Artificial Analysis · 3 providers tracked · All prices

Costs more than 65% of 330 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

66results on55benchmarks

  • 26 independently verified
  • 16 aggregator
  • 24 vendor-reported

From 16 sources · latest Oct 8, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingStructured outputsReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

Research

10 papers reference Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash benchmark results

66 results on 55 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Long Context

StrongFull long context ranking

5.0% behind the leader2 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Factuality

StrongFull factuality ranking

6.9% behind the leader3 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

Multimodal

CapableFull multimodal ranking

15.1% behind the leader2 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Reasoning

CapableFull reasoning ranking

17.7% behind the leader5 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Agentic

CapableFull agentic ranking

21.8% behind the leader4 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

Instruction Following

LimitedFull instruction following ranking

30.8% behind the leader1 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Coding

LimitedFull coding ranking

31.8% behind the leader6 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Math

LimitedFull math ranking

50.9% behind the leader5 of 5 ranked benchmarks measured

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More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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Gemini 3.6 Flash: common questions

Who makes Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is made by Google.

When was Gemini 3.6 Flash released?

Gemini 3.6 Flash was released on Jul 21, 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is Gemini 3.6 Flash good at?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is strong in long context and factuality; capable in multimodal tasks, reasoning, and agentic tasks; and behind the leaders in instruction following, coding, and math. Too few results yet to rate safety or multilingual tasks.

How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost?

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, according to Artificial Analysis. We track its price at 3 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it costs more than 65% of the 330 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has Gemini 3.6 Flash been tested on?

We track 66 results for Gemini 3.6 Flash on 55 benchmarks from 16 sources, 26 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 8, 2026.

Which API features does Gemini 3.6 Flash support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling, structured outputs, and reasoning for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

About this record

Where Gemini 3.6 Flash's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
Jul 21, 2026
Newest source mention
Aug 23, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 66 scores · 26 independently verified · 16 aggregator-attributed · 24 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 16 sources on 11 sites. Artificial Analysis supplies 17 of them; the 26 independently verified results come from 7 sites. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • artificialanalysis.ai17
  • deepmind.google13
  • arcprize.org8
  • livebench.ai7
  • api.llm-stats.com6
  • storage.googleapis.com4
  • datasets-server.huggingface.co3
  • epoch.ai3
  • matharena.ai3
  • blog.google1
  • lmarena.ai1

Also known as

How our sources name Gemini 3.6 Flash at each reasoning setting.

SettingShort formAPI id
minimalgemini 3.6 flash (minimal)—
lowgemini 3.6 flash (low)—
mediumgemini 3.6 flash (medium)—
highgemini 3.6 flash (high)gemini-3.6-flash-high
Also listed asgemini-3-6-flashgemini-3.6-flash:batch