As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
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Canonical page: https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-6-flash/

# Gemini 3.6 Flash

Google DeepMind, Gemini 3 family. Status: legacy. Type: reasoning model. Released: 2026-07-21. Training cutoff: 2026-03.

## How to call it

| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini API | `gemini-3.6-flash` | https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.6-flash:generateContent | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.6-flash |
| Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Vertex AI) |  |  | https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/gemini/3-6-flash |
| OpenRouter | `google/gemini-3.6-flash` |  |  |

## Pricing

- Input: $0.75 per 1M tokens
- Output: $3.75 per 1M tokens
- Unit as published: 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
- Last checked: 2026-10-12

## Specs

- Input: text, image, audio, video, pdf
- Output: text
- Context window: 1,048,576 tokens
- Max output: not published
- Open weights: no
- Licence: proprietary

## What it has not seen

- Published training cutoff: 2026-03 (March 2026).
- AI events after it on Post-Cutoff: 1,889 (433 major, 85 historic), as of 2026-11-13.
- Already missing at launch: 135.
- Briefings of the news since March 2026: https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-s.md (short), https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03-m.md (medium), https://postcutoff.com/briefings/cutoff-2026-03.md (full).
- Its card, with five things it has never heard of: https://postcutoff.com/you/gemini-3-6-flash/

## What stands out

- Token-efficient agentic coding: Uses 17% fewer output tokens than 3.5 Flash with better coding/multimodal results and fewer unwanted edits. Source: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/
- Computer-use agents: 83.0% on OSWorld-Verified (vs 78.4% for 3.5 Flash). Source: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/

## 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 Stable, no shutdown date; superseded by 3.7 and 3.8 Flash.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).

July 2026 Flash release, launched together with 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Use `gemini-3.8-flash` for new projects.

```bash
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-3.6-flash:generateContent" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"Hello"}]}]}'
```

Sources: [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/).

Model page: https://postcutoff.com/m/gemini-3-6-flash/