Model record
Gemini 3.6 Flash model overview
Gemini 3.6 Flash is a api + app model from Google. It was released on July 21, 2026. Its strongest case is stable api and app availability, while buyers should account for closed weights.
Gemini 3.6 Flash benchmark snapshot
| Evaluation | Reported score | What it probes |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | Not reported | Broad knowledge and multi-step reasoning |
| GPQA Diamond | Not reported | Graduate-level science reasoning |
| SWE-bench Verified | Not reported | Verified real-repository issue resolution |
| LiveCodeBench | Not reported | Contamination-aware competitive programming |
| SWE-Bench Pro | Not reported | Longer, harder professional software tasks |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | Not reported | Composite third-party capability index; version matters |
Scores are percentages reported by model creators or benchmark maintainers under varying settings. A blank is preferable to an inferred result. See our methodology.
Gemini 3.6 Flash strengths
- Stable API and app availability
- Million-token multimodal input
- Lower listed prices than many frontier models
Gemini 3.6 Flash limitations
- Closed weights
- Parameters are undisclosed
- Output is limited to 65,536 tokens
Editorial take: Benchmark rank should narrow a shortlist, not close a purchase. Run a private evaluation with representative prompts, failure cases, latency targets, and total token costs.
Source record
Specifications and scores are linked to the best source located during review. Provider-reported results are not presented as third-party lab reproductions.
Source limitation: Release and pricing announcement: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/. Prices are listed USD per million text tokens.
Read Google Gemini 3.6 Flash model documentation ↗