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Google · Gemini 3

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Closed weightsSupersededproprietary

Earlier Gemini 3 Flash generalist (Jul 2026), still offered but two releases behind the current 3.8 Flash.

AA Intelligence
34#31 of 142
Input / output per 1M
$0.75/ $3.75
Output speed
212tok/s
Context window
1M tokens

Composite indexes

  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index#31 of 142
    34independentv4.3.2, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 58

Coding

  • SciCode#29 of 94
    53.4%independentAA run, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 66.9%

  • Terminal-Bench 4.0#34 of 88
    7.1%independentAA run (Terminal-Bench 4.0), high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Mythos 5.1 at 60.9%

  • Terminal-Bench 2.x#29 of 103
    77.5%independentAA run (Terminal-Bench 2.1), high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Fable 5.1 at 91.4%

Agents and tool use

  • GDPval-AA#36 of 103
    1265independentGDPval-AA v2.1, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1846

Reasoning and knowledge

  • GPQA Diamond#17 of 142
    92.8%independentAA run, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 96.1%

  • Humanity’s Last Exam#33 of 147
    40.8%independentAA run, no tools, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 61.4%

  • CritPt#38 of 139
    10.6%independentAA run, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: GPT-5.6 Sol at 32.3%

  • ARC-AGI-2#14 of 25
    60.4%independenthigh thinking; ARC Prize verifiedARC Prize leaderboard data (semi-private) ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 95%

Vision and long context

  • AA Long Context Reasoning#30 of 139
    80%independentAA-LCR v1.1, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: Kimi K3 at 88.7%

  • MMMU-Pro#9 of 72
    83.2%independentAA run, high thinkingArtificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 87.7%

Human preference

  • LMArena Text#16 of 54
    1480independentgemini-3.6-flash-high; 26,445 votesLMArena text leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Fable 5 at 1506

  • LMArena WebDev#30 of 54
    1537independentgemini-3.6-flash-high; 8,236 votesLMArena Code Arena | WebDev leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1818

Specs

Released
July 21, 2026
Parameters
Undisclosed
Size class
Undisclosed
Input
text, image, audio, video
Output
text
Context
1M tokens
Max output
Not published
Cached input
$0.075 / 1M
Blended 70/30
$1.65 / 1M
First token
17.21s
  • Price: Gemini Developer API pricing ↗ Now $0.75/$3.75 introductory through Dec 31, 2026 ($1.50/$7.50 from Jan 1, 2027); the site currently lists $1.50/$7.50. Described by Google as 'previous generation'.
  • Speed: Artificial Analysis: Gemini 3.6 Flash (high thinking) ↗

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