Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash

google/gemini-3.6-flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google's high-efficiency multimodal model, bringing near-Pro level coding and reasoning at Flash-tier cost and speed. It is highly optimized for coding proficiency and parallel agentic execution loops, supporting text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs. Defaults to medium thinking effort for faster and more cost-efficient responses, with full support for thinking levels (minimal, low, medium, high) for fine-grained cost/performance trade-offs.

Model specifications

Input
text, image, video, file, audio
Output
text
Context
1,000,000 tokens
Max output
64,000 tokens
Input price
$0.5625 / 1M tokens
Output price
$2.8125 / 1M tokens
Released
2026-07-21

Capabilities

  • Streaming
  • Function calling
  • Vision
  • JSON mode

Provider pricing, discounts and data privacy

Compare effective provider prices, published discounts, regions, retention policies, training use, compliance, and privacy links by service tier.

Flex service tier

1 available provider · discounts up to 25% · tier input average $0.28125 / 1M tokens · tier output average .40625 / 1M tokens

Google Vertex

Tier: Flex · Region: US

Pricing
Input
$0.28125 / 1M tokens
Output
.40625 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.02813 / 1M tokens
Cache write
$0.03126 / 1M tokens
Discounts
  • Input: 25% off — list $0.375 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.28125 / 1M tokens, effective $0.28125 / 1M tokens
  • Cache read: 25% off — list $0.0375 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.02813 / 1M tokens, effective $0.02813 / 1M tokens
  • Output: 25% off — list .875 / 1M tokens, discounted .40625 / 1M tokens, effective .40625 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write: 25% off — list $0.04167 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.03126 / 1M tokens, effective $0.03126 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
Region
US
Zero data retention
No
Data retention
Zero retention
Used for training
No
Data collection
Moderated
No
GDPR compliant
Yes
HIPAA compliant
Yes
SOC 2 certified
Yes
BYOK supported
Yes

Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support

Standard service tier

1 available provider · discounts up to 25% · tier input average $0.5625 / 1M tokens · tier output average $2.8125 / 1M tokens

Google Vertex

Tier: Standard · Region: US

Pricing
Input
$0.5625 / 1M tokens
Output
$2.8125 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.05625 / 1M tokens
Cache write
$0.0625 / 1M tokens
Discounts
  • Input: 25% off — list $0.75 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.5625 / 1M tokens, effective $0.5625 / 1M tokens
  • Cache read: 25% off — list $0.075 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.05625 / 1M tokens, effective $0.05625 / 1M tokens
  • Output: 25% off — list $3.75 / 1M tokens, discounted $2.8125 / 1M tokens, effective $2.8125 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write: 25% off — list $0.08333 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.0625 / 1M tokens, effective $0.0625 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
Region
US
Zero data retention
Yes
Data retention
Zero retention
Used for training
No
Data collection
Moderated
No
GDPR compliant
Yes
HIPAA compliant
Yes
SOC 2 certified
Yes
BYOK supported
Yes

Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support

Priority service tier

1 available provider · discounts up to 25.000000000000007% · tier input average .0125 / 1M tokens · tier output average $5.0625 / 1M tokens

Google Vertex

Tier: Priority · Region: US

Pricing
Input
.0125 / 1M tokens
Output
$5.0625 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.10125 / 1M tokens
Cache write
$0.1125 / 1M tokens
Discounts
  • Input: 25% off — list .35 / 1M tokens, discounted .0125 / 1M tokens, effective .0125 / 1M tokens
  • Cache read: 25% off — list $0.135 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.10125 / 1M tokens, effective $0.10125 / 1M tokens
  • Output: 25% off — list $6.75 / 1M tokens, discounted $5.0625 / 1M tokens, effective $5.0625 / 1M tokens
  • Cache write: 25% off — list $0.15 / 1M tokens, discounted $0.1125 / 1M tokens, effective $0.1125 / 1M tokens
Data privacy and compliance
Region
US
Zero data retention
No
Data retention
Zero retention
Used for training
No
Data collection
Moderated
No
GDPR compliant
Yes
HIPAA compliant
Yes
SOC 2 certified
Yes
BYOK supported
Yes

Privacy policy · Terms · Official website · Documentation · Status · Support

Frequently asked questions

What is Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google's high-efficiency multimodal model, bringing near-Pro level coding and reasoning at Flash-tier cost and speed. It is highly optimized for coding proficiency and parallel agentic execution loops, supporting text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs. Defaults to medium thinking effort for faster and more cost-efficient responses, with full support for thinking levels (minimal, low, medium, high) for fine-grained cost/performance trade-offs.
How much does Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash cost?
Input costs start at $0.5625 / 1M tokens and output costs start at $2.8125 / 1M tokens. Provider-level prices vary by service tier.
Are provider discounts available for Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Yes. Current provider offers include discounts of up to 25% from list price. The provider table shows list, discounted, and effective prices.
What is the context length of Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash supports a 1,000,000 token context window and up to 64,000 output tokens.
What capabilities does Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash support?
Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash supports Streaming, Function calling, Vision, JSON mode.
Which providers offer Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash is available from Google Vertex.
How do providers handle data privacy for Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash?
1 of 1 providers report that customer data is not used for training, and 0 offer zero-data-retention routing. Retention, compliance, and privacy-policy links are listed per provider.

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