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Updated Jul 2026

Gemini 3.6 FlashvsGPT-5 Pro

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper than GPT-5 Pro at $1.5/M vs $15/M input tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5 Pro compared across 41 shared prompts
SpecGemini 3.6 FlashGPT-5 Pro
Input price$1.5/M tokens$15/M tokens
Output price$7.5/M tokens$120/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens400K tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2026Oct 2025
Our Verdict
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Pro

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 16x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash
Input
$1.50
10× cheaper
Output
$7.50
16× cheaper
GPT-5 Pro
Input
$15.00
Output
$120.00

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper on both: 10× input, 16× output.

Where to run it

3 hosts, cheapest first

Gemini 3.6 Flash2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Google Vertex AI$0.38 in·$1.88 out·1M·89.4% upGoogle AI Studio$0.75 in·$3.75 out·1M·100% up
GPT-5 Pro1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
OpenAI$15.00 in·$120.00 out·400k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 13 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
45%

Gemini 3.6 Flash uses 540.8x more bold

Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPT-5 Pro
60%Vocabulary65%
19wSentence Length15w
0.13Hedging0.32
5.4Bold0.0
2.7Lists2.9
0.04Emoji0.00
0.99Headings0.00
0.07Transitions0.01
Based on 27 + 11 text responses
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