{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-6-flash/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-6-flash/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"gemini-3-6-flash","name":"Gemini 3.6 Flash","org":"Google DeepMind","family":"Gemini 3","released":"2026-07-21","status":"legacy","type":"reasoning-llm","modality_in":["text","image","audio","video","pdf"],"modality_out":["text"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":1048576,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":"2026-03","pricing":{"input":0.75,"output":3.75,"unit":"per 1M tokens (Standard tier, current introductory price through 2026-12-31; $1.50 / $7.50 from 2027-01-01, which was its launch price)","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"},"price_line":"$0.75 in, $3.75 out per 1M tokens","access":[{"provider":"Gemini API","model_id":"gemini-3.6-flash","endpoint":"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.6-flash:generateContent","docs":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.6-flash"},{"provider":"Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Vertex AI)","docs":"https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/gemini/3-6-flash"},{"provider":"OpenRouter","model_id":"google/gemini-3.6-flash"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Token-efficient agentic coding","detail":"Uses 17% fewer output tokens than 3.5 Flash with better coding/multimodal results and fewer unwanted edits.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/"},{"name":"Computer-use agents","detail":"83.0% on OSWorld-Verified (vs 78.4% for 3.5 Flash).","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/"}],"entry":null,"notes":"Knowledge cutoff March 2026 per Google's model card (storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/Model-Cards/Gemini-3-6-Flash-Model-Card.pdf). Stable, no shutdown date; superseded by 3.7 and 3.8 Flash. Recommended replacement for gemini-3-flash-preview per deprecations page. Output limit not re-checked (assumed 65,536 like siblings, omitted).","verified":"2026-10-12","body_md":"July 2026 Flash release, launched together with 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Use `gemini-3.8-flash` for new projects.\n\n```bash\ncurl \"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.6-flash:generateContent\" \\\n  -H \"x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"contents\":[{\"parts\":[{\"text\":\"Hello\"}]}]}'\n```\n\nSources: [models](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models), [pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing), [deprecations](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations), [launch blog](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/).","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-6-flash/","events_after":1889,"major_after":433,"historic_after":85,"missing_at_launch":135,"events_since_release":null,"you_url":"https://postcutoff.com/you/gemini-3-6-flash/","briefings":{"xs":"https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-xs.md","s":"https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-s.md","m":"https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-m.md","full":"https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03.md"}}