Gemini 3.6 Flash API

Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash model, balancing speed with frontier intelligence for strong performance on agentic, coding and multimodal tasks, with superior search and grounding.

Modalities: Text, Image, Audio, VideoText
In / Out price: $1.5/$7.5per 1M
Context window: 1.05M tokens
Released: Jul 21, 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash overview

Gemini 3.6 Flash by Google

Gemini 3.5 Flash model narrows the gap between Flash-tier speed and Pro-level reasoning.

Gemini 3.6 Flash specs

Model ID: google/gemini-3.6-flash
Developer: Google
Context window: 1,048,576 tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Input: Text, Image, Audio, Video
Output: Text
API: OpenAI-compatible, base URL https://api.aimlapi.com/v1

What Is Gemini 3.5 Flash API?

With Gemini 3.5 Flash API, Google introduces a new generation of multimodal AI designed for real-world production workloads, high-speed automation, advanced coding assistance, and scalable agentic workflows. Whether you're building AI-powered SaaS tools, enterprise copilots, customer support systems, automation pipelines, or next-generation coding agents, Gemini 3.5 Flash delivers the performance modern applications demand.

Unlike traditional heavyweight models that often sacrifice latency for reasoning quality, Gemini 3.5 Flash focuses on delivering advanced reasoning, coding capability, and multimodal understanding at Flash-level speed.

What Gemini 3.5 Flash brings to the table

Everything developers are expecting based on current leaks, official Gemini 3 series documentation, and early tester reports.

Near-Pro reasoning

Expected to come significantly closer to Gemini 3.1 Pro's reasoning quality while remaining faster and cheaper. Early testers report that the long-standing "lazy model" problem has been largely addressed.

1 million token context

Carries forward the full 1M token input context window from the Gemini 3 generation, large enough to fit entire codebases, lengthy documents, and complex multi-turn agentic conversations in a single call.

Configurable thinking levels

Like Gemini 3 Flash before it, 3.5 Flash is expected to support four thinking levels, minimal, low, medium, and high, letting developers trade off reasoning depth against latency and cost per request.

Full multimodal support

Accepts text, images, audio, video, and PDFs as input. Carries forward the improved audio grounding from the Gemini 3 series, including better handling of accented speech and background noise.

Use cases

Agentic workflows are a documented use case for Gemini 3.6 Flash, including multi-step orchestration and tool use.

Complex video reasoning is also listed as a use case, with the model described as suited to difficult multimodal reasoning tasks.

Coding tasks are explicitly called out, including coding work, full-stack code refactoring, and code migrations.

Enterprise workflows are another stated use case, with documentation describing the model as well-suited for enterprise tasks and knowledge work.

Capabilities

Function calling
Streaming
Structured outputs
Reasoning
Vision

Gemini 3.6 Flash benchmarks by Artificial Analysis

See how Gemini 3.6 Flash compares in generation speed and latency. Data retrieved Nov 3, 2026.

Speed#35 / 219194Output tokens / second Latency#208 / 21617.34Seconds to first token Humanity's Last Exam#46 / 45840.8%Score GPQA Diamond#15 / 43992.8%Score

Speed

Output tokens / second

Benchmark results

Compare 6 models available on AI/ML API across 5 independent benchmarks.

Humanity's Last Exam

Expert-written questions across academic subjects.

Gemini 3.6 Flash API pricing

Gemini 3.6 Flash pricing in US dollars
Usage	Price	Unit
Input	$1.5	1M tokens
Output	$7.5	1M tokens
Cached input	$0.15	1M tokens

Prices from the AI/ML API price list, checked on Nov 4, 2026.

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs other models: token prices

AI/ML API input and output rates for 5 models, per million tokens.

AI/ML API model prices in USD per million tokens
Model	Input	Output
Gemini 3.6 Flash	$1.5	$7.5
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite	$0.3	$2.5
Gemini 3.8 Flash	$0.75	$3.75
Gemini 3.7 Flash	$0.75	$3.75
Gemini 4 Argon	$2	$10

How to use the Gemini 3.6 Flash API

View docs

Build with your agent

Give your agent the model details, code and documentation.

1Get your API key

Create API key

export AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"

2Make your first request

curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "model": "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
    }
  ]
}'

import os
import requests

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AIMLAPI_KEY']}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "model": "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
        }
    ]
}

response = requests.post("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=120)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
      }
    ]
  }),
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.json());

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Gemini 3.6 Flash FAQ

What is the context window of Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash has a 1,048,576 tokens context window and can return up to 65,536 tokens.

What inputs and outputs does Gemini 3.6 Flash support?

Gemini 3.6 Flash takes image, text as input and returns text.

What is the model ID for Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Use google/gemini-3.6-flash as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

When was Gemini 3.6 Flash released?

Gemini 3.6 Flash became available on July 21, 2026.

How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost?

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.5 input and $7.5 output per 1M tokens on AI/ML API, billed as you go with no subscription.

Does Gemini 3.6 Flash support streaming?

Yes, Gemini 3.6 Flash can stream responses as they are generated.

Can Gemini 3.6 Flash read images?

Yes, Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts image input alongside text.

Who created Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash was built by Google.

Does Gemini 3.6 Flash use reasoning?

Yes, it includes reasoning as one of its supported features and capabilities.

Can Gemini 3.6 Flash be run on local hardware?

No, it is accessed through Google's hosted API endpoint rather than run locally.

Start building with Gemini 3.6 Flash

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Gemini 3.6 Flash API

google/gemini-3.6-flash

Build with your agent

Give your agent the model details, code and documentation.

1Get your API key

Create API key

export AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"

2Make your first request

curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "model": "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
    }
  ]
}'

import os
import requests

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AIMLAPI_KEY']}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "model": "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
        }
    ]
}

response = requests.post("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=120)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."
      }
    ]
  }),
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.json());

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Gemini 3.6 Flash API

Gemini 3.6 Flash overview

Gemini 3.6 Flash by Google

Gemini 3.6 Flash specs

What Is Gemini 3.5 Flash API?

What Gemini 3.5 Flash brings to the table

Near-Pro reasoning

1 million token context

Configurable thinking levels

Full multimodal support

Use cases

Capabilities

Gemini 3.6 Flash benchmarks by Artificial Analysis

Speed

Benchmark results

Humanity's Last Exam

GPQA Diamond

Terminal-Bench 4.0

AA-LCR

SciCode

Gemini 3.6 Flash API pricing

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs other models: token prices

How to use the Gemini 3.6 Flash API

Build with your agent

1Get your API key

2Make your first request

Related articles

Gemini 3.6 Flash FAQ

Start building with Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash API

Build with your agent

1Get your API key

2Make your first request

Gemini 3.6 Flash API

Gemini 3.6 Flash overview

Gemini 3.6 Flash by Google

Gemini 3.6 Flash specs

What Is Gemini 3.5 Flash API?

What Gemini 3.5 Flash brings to the table

Near-Pro reasoning

1 million token context

Configurable thinking levels

Full multimodal support

Use cases

Capabilities

Speed

Benchmark results

Humanity's Last Exam

GPQA Diamond

Terminal-Bench 4.0

AA-LCR

SciCode

Gemini 3.6 Flash API pricing

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs other models: token prices

How to use the Gemini 3.6 Flash API

Build with your agent

1Get your API key

2Make your first request

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