Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.50 / $7.50 per million tokens and uses 17% fewer output tokens than 3.5 Flash. 3.5 Flash-Lite runs at 350 tokens/s.
Answers developer feedback on verbosity with better token efficiency and fewer loops, and scores DeepSWE 49% vs 37% for 3.5 Flash. 3.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.30 / $2.50 with thinking levels. Sampling parameters temperature, top_p, top_k were deprecated that day.
- Date
- Tuesday, 21 July 2026
- Lab
- Google DeepMind
- Kind
- model
- Access
- closed API
- Price
- 3.6 Flash $1.50 in / $7.50 out per 1M tokens; 3.5 Flash-Lite $0.30 / $2.50, 2026-07-21
Figures
| Measure | Value | Measured by |
|---|---|---|
| Output token reduction vs 3.5 Flash | 17% Artificial Analysis Index, as cited by Google | Artificial Analysis |
| DeepSWE (3.6 Flash vs 3.5 Flash) | 49% vs 37% company-reported | company |
Sources
- deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-and-3-5-flash-cyber/
- ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog
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