Gemini 3.6 Flash API Pricing
Google · released 2026-07-21
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Gemini 3.6 Flash price
0.075¢ / 1K
0.375¢ / 1K
0.150¢ / 1K
Official list price from Google, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.15¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | 0.487¢ |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | $0.0413 |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | $0.0300 |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $45.00 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.75) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $3.75).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | 155.2 | epoch | 2026-07-21 |
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | 94.2% | epoch | 2026-07-21 |
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | 58.9% | epoch | 2026-07-21 |
| Arena text rating | 1483 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | 1518 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena math rating | 1503 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
| Arena WebDev rating | 1538 | arena | 2026-10-28 |
LiveBench
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| LiveBench metric | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Global Average | 73.6 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 85.1 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Coding | 77.9 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | 43.4 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Mathematics | 86.4 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 63.0 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Language | 83.9 | 2026-06-25 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 75.4 | 2026-06-25 |
LiveBench leaderboard (livebench.ai, github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench), CC BY-SA 4.0 — livebench.ai · github.com/LiveBench/new-livebench · CC BY-SA 4.0
Similar ECI, lower price
| Model | ECI | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3-Flash | 153.6 | $0.1942 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 156.7 | $0.20 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | 159.3 | $0.2625 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 156.8 | $0.45 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | 155.9 | $0.99 |
More from Google
| Model | Released | Blended $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 Argon | 2026-10-13 | $4.00 |
| Nano Banana 2.1 | 2026-10-06 | $8.625 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS | 2026-09-22 | $2.625 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS | 2026-09-22 | $1.875 |
| Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking | 2026-09-15 | $1.6875 |
| Gemini 3.8 Live | 2026-09-15 | $1.6875 |
| Lyria 3.5 | 2026-09-03 | — |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 2026-09-02 | $1.50 |
Count tokens & estimate cost for Gemini 3.6 Flash See Gemini 3.6 Flash on the leaderboard
Prices: Google's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
FAQ
Who develops Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is developed by Google, released 2026-07-21.
How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost per million tokens?
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens ($1.50 blended), per Google's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the Gemini 3.6 Flash API price?
The Gemini 3.6 Flash API price is $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens ($1.50 per 1M blended).
How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.15¢ on Gemini 3.6 Flash, at $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output.
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash free?
Gemini 3.6 Flash's official API list price is $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Google's site for those.
How does Gemini 3.6 Flash rank on benchmarks?
Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 155.2 on the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI), ranking #39 of 107 models we track with a published ECI score.
Is there a cheaper model with a similar ECI to Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Yes — GLM-5.3-Flash scores a similar ECI (153.6) at $0.1942/1M blended, versus $1.50/1M for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for Gemini 3.6 Flash comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses); LiveBench scores (below) are CC BY-SA 4.0 — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.