Gemini 3.6 Flash

GoogleCurrent

Input price
$0.75
Per 1 million tokens (USD)
Output price
$3.75
Per 1 million tokens (USD)
Effort levels
4total
Default: Med
Benchmark results
27total
Benchmark types: 21

Model information

API model ID
gemini-3.6-flash
release date
Unknown
effort
Minimal / Low / Med (default) / High
Effort source
Based on thinking level in Gemini API thinking documentation (aistudio.google.com/docs/thinking).
Claude Code
unavailable
Codex
unavailable
Availability notes
Support in Claude Code / Codex is not explicitly stated officially (Gemini API, AI Studio, Antigravity, etc. are official routes). The official model list for Claude Code / Codex (checked 2026-11-12) contains only Anthropic / OpenAI models, respectively, so both are false.
Availability source
https://aistudio.google.com/docs/models

Price (USD per 1 million tokens)

Prices do not vary by effort; token consumption does.

input$0.75
output$3.75
cache read$0.075
cache write—

After revision: input $1.50 / output $7.50 / cache $0.15 (the revision date is shown with the same arrow notation as 3.8 Flash on the page)

Gemini 3.6 Flash gemini-3.6-flash $0.75 → $1.50 / $3.75 → $7.50 / $0.075 → $0.15

Source: https://aistudio.google.com/docs/pricing

Benchmark results

BenchmarkeffortScoreSource cost (metric)measured/reported bysourceConditions and extraction method
Terminal-Bench 3.0not statednot stated5.4%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Gemini computed in-house; mini swe agent harness (LiteLLM 1.96). Minor changes to 2 tasks for compatibility. thinking level not statedtranscribed from table
Source excerptTerminal-bench 3.0 General agent capabilities | 5.4%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, Terminal-bench 3.0 row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Coding / Terminal-Bench 3
Terminal-Bench 2.1not statednot stated78.0%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Gemini computed in-house; default harness Terminus 2. thinking level not statedtranscribed from table
Source excerptTerminal-bench 2.1 Agentic terminal coding | 78.0%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, Terminal-bench 2.1 row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Coding / Terminal-Bench 2.1
HLE-Verifiednot statednot stated51.2%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. All models computed in-house; 1,811 verified questionstranscribed from table
Source excerptHLE-Verified Multidisciplinary expert reasoning | 51.2%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, HLE-Verified row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Scientific Reasoning / HLE-Verified
OSWorld 2.0not statednot stated33.8%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Computed in-house; partial score; maximum of 3 runs (1 trial each); up to 500 steps; run before the official 08.08 patchtranscribed from table
Source excerptOSWorld-2.0 Agentic computer use | 33.8%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, OSWorld-2.0 row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Computer use / OSWorld 2.0
Agents' Last Exam (pass rate, version not stated)not statednot stated24.2%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Computed in-house; default ALE-Claw harness. version not statedtranscribed from table
Source excerptAgent's Last Exam Multimodal desktop and OS agent tasks | Pass rate | 24.2%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, Agent's Last Exam(Pass rate) row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Computer use / Agent's Last Exam
LABBench 2not statednot stated76.1%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Gemini computed in-housetranscribed from table
Source excerptLABBench2 Biology real-world research tasks | 76.1%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, LABBench2 row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Scientific Reasoning / LABBench2
LVBenchnot statednot stated84.2%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Computed in-house; 1024 frames; without toolstranscribed from table
Source excerptLVBench Long video understanding | 84.2%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, LVBench row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Multimodal / LVBench
GDP.PDFnot statednot stated22.0%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Gemini computed in-house. Metric name not statedtranscribed from table
Source excerptGDP.pdf Expert PDF document comprehension | 22.0%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, GDP.pdf row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Multimodal / GDP.PDF
CharXiv Reasoningnot statednot stated85.2%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Gemini computed in-house; without toolstranscribed from table
Source excerptCharXiv Reasoning Information synthesis from complex charts | No tools | 85.2%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, CharXiv Reasoning(No tools) row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Multimodal / CharXiv Reasoning
BioMysteryBench(Human Solvable)not statednot stated80.6%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Gemini computed in-house; Linux terminal and internet restricted to allowed domainstranscribed from table
Source excerptBioMysteryBench Bioinformatics research reasoning | Human solvable | 80.6%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, BioMysteryBench(Human solvable) row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Scientific Reasoning / BioMysteryBench
BioMysteryBench(Human Difficult)not statednot stated41.2%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Gemini computed in-housetranscribed from table
Source excerptHuman difficult | 41.2%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, BioMysteryBench(Human difficult) row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Scientific Reasoning / BioMysteryBench
GPQA DiamondMinimalMinimal85.9%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, gpqa_diamond.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _minimal in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptgpqa_diamond.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_minimal, Best score (across scorers)=0.8585858585858586, stderr=0.024825909793343353, Started at=2026-08-07T00:17:01.000ZLocation gpqa_diamond.csv, data row 104 (file line 162), id=aPmR8fV49N98a6NVKpASAf, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_minimal
GPQA DiamondLowLow86.4%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, gpqa_diamond.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _low in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptgpqa_diamond.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_low, Best score (across scorers)=0.8636363636363636, stderr=0.02445015597318985, Started at=2026-08-06T22:36:03.000ZLocation gpqa_diamond.csv, data row 123 (file line 183), id=JoraLb9y55QXpMg4Rrmr5x, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_low
GPQA DiamondHighHigh94.1%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, gpqa_diamond.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _high in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptgpqa_diamond.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high, Best score (across scorers)=0.9412878787878788, stderr=0.014028967942064968, Started at=2026-08-02T00:21:27.000ZLocation gpqa_diamond.csv, data row 148 (file line 210), id=86SY5JbPB49xXhHFQW6tHu, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3(v2)HighHigh59.0%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, frontiermath_tiers_1_3_v2.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _high in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptfrontiermath_tiers_1_3_v2.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high, Best score (across scorers)=0.5894736842105263, stderr=0.02919063494391404, Started at=2026-08-02T00:36:45.000ZLocation frontiermath_tiers_1_3_v2.csv, data row 86 (file line 114), id=nb9LnDeeQyvRCqsbsTANGD, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high
FrontierMath Tier 4(v2)HighHigh22.0%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, frontiermath_tier_4_v2.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _high in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptfrontiermath_tier_4_v2.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high, Best score (across scorers)=0.21951219512195122, stderr=0.06544589202438408, Started at=2026-08-02T00:36:45.000ZLocation frontiermath_tier_4_v2.csv, data row 40 (file line 75), id=JCMjXU6FRiiLV3xvs9R2Xv, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025MinimalMinimal80.0%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, otis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _minimal in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptotis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_minimal, Best score (across scorers)=0.8, stderr=0.06030226891555273, Started at=2026-08-07T00:07:32.000ZLocation otis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv, data row 113 (file line 178), id=cF97JqHbFxxp7ePjYVK9HV, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_minimal
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025LowLow82.2%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, otis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _low in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptotis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_low, Best score (across scorers)=0.8222222222222222, stderr=0.057637747950250916, Started at=2026-08-07T00:07:20.000ZLocation otis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv, data row 114 (file line 179), id=6iEkMa88YjLDgcde4bLm8B, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_low
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025HighHigh94.2%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, otis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _high in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptotis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high, Best score (across scorers)=0.9416666666666667, stderr=0.030926354359015452, Started at=2026-08-02T00:21:27.000ZLocation otis_mock_aime_2024_2025.csv, data row 155 (file line 222), id=ajQFZGMjvyMTH2ULDZhwtz, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high
SimpleQA VerifiedHighHigh66.2%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, simpleqa_verified.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _high in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptsimpleqa_verified.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high, Best score (across scorers)=0.662, stderr=0.014965960710224383, Started at=2026-08-27T19:30:09.000ZLocation simpleqa_verified.csv, data row 61 (file line 108), id=F83pa7Gfsb4UNVttTnS5Hk, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high
Chess Puzzles(Epoch AI)MinimalMinimal29.0%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, chess_puzzles.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _minimal in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptchess_puzzles.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_minimal, Best score (across scorers)=0.29, stderr=0.04560480215720686, Started at=2026-10-13T13:12:45.000ZLocation chess_puzzles.csv, data row 149 (file line 205), id=beSbPHiiWcwJBSzYRh7Kh4, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_minimal
Chess Puzzles(Epoch AI)LowLow42.0%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, chess_puzzles.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _low in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptchess_puzzles.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_low, Best score (across scorers)=0.42, stderr=0.04960449637488583, Started at=2026-10-13T13:12:52.000ZLocation chess_puzzles.csv, data row 148 (file line 204), id=hJ6XXLBm9yfXtSbbhWuwpw, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_low
Chess Puzzles(Epoch AI)HighHigh40.0%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, chess_puzzles.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _high in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptchess_puzzles.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high, Best score (across scorers)=0.4, stderr=0.0492365963917331, Started at=2026-10-13T13:14:52.000ZLocation chess_puzzles.csv, data row 140 (file line 196), id=ZDeGG5QYkdgVqzGPmmnbfx, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high
MirrorCodeHighHigh23.3%—Epoch AIEpoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (benchmark_data.zip, mirrorcode.csv) CC BY 4.0third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12Run by Epoch AI (third-party measurement). Source label "Gemini 3.6 Flash". effort is indicated by the suffix _high in Epoch's Model version. Data retrieved 2026-11-12.transcribed from table
Source excerptmirrorcode.csv: Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high, Best score (across scorers)=0.23333333333333334, stderr=0.09315175080076958, Started at=2026-10-21T16:48:28.000ZLocation mirrorcode.csv, data row 17 (file line 22), id=ftpz5JnywQdGtFDCHyjMt4, Model version=gemini-3.6-flash_high
Epoch Capabilities Index(ECI)not statednot stated155.21—Epoch AIEpoch AI, epoch_capabilities_index/eci_scores.csv (CC BY 4.0)third-party · Retrieved 2026-11-12A per-model metric that combines results across multiple benchmarks and multiple efforts (not per effort). Calculated by Epoch AI.transcribed from table
Source excerpteci_scores.csv: Model=Gemini 3.6 Flash, eci=155.21, eci_ci_low=153.39, eci_ci_high=157.2Location epoch_capabilities_index/eci_scores.csv, data row 44 (file line 45), Model=Gemini 3.6 Flash
CharXiv Reasoning (with tools)not statednot stated89.4%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Gemini computed in-house; tools are search and code executiontranscribed from table
Source excerptWith tools | 89.4%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, CharXiv Reasoning(With tools) row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Multimodal / CharXiv Reasoning
MRCR v2 (8-needle, 128k)not statednot stated91.8%—GoogleGemini 3.7 Flash model cardofficial · Retrieved 2026-11-13Vendor-reported value. Table in the Google model card. methodology PDF (deepmind.com/models/evals-methodology/gemini-3-7-flash): All of the results are run with the Gemini API ... with default sampling settings unless indicated otherwise. Computed in-house; cumulative score up to 128ktranscribed from table
Source excerptGDM-MRCR v2 (8-needle) Long context performance | 128k (average) | 91.8%Location Gemini 3.7 Flash model card Evaluation table, GDM-MRCR v2 (8-needle) 128k (average) row, Gemini 3.6 Flash column. In-house computation basis: methodology PDF, Long Context / GDM-MRCR v2

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