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Updated Jul 23, 2026
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Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini:
Pro 1.0 logoPro 1.0
1.5 Pro logo1.5 Pro
2.0 Flash Thinking logo2.0 Flash Thinking
2.0 Pro Experimental logo2.0 Pro Experimental
2.5 Pro Experimental logo2.5 Pro Experimental
3.6 Flash logo3.6 Flash

Google's Flash workhorse at the 3.6 mark, for coding, agent loops and web and app development. Built on 3.5 Flash, aiming at cleaner output with fewer unnecessary edits and less hedging, on roughly 17% fewer output tokens. Text, images, audio, video and PDFs across 1M tokens, up to 64K out.

OpenRouterDocsAPIBlogChangelog
Provider
Google AI
Released
2026-07-21
Size
LARGE
Free API (OpenRouter)
No
Per 1M tokens
$1.5 in · $7.5 out
Rival’s tab
$2.85
58/58 receipts survived

Free API availability

No free endpoint for Gemini 3.6 Flash was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.

Provider data: 9 Sep 2026 · OpenRouter usage limits

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Benchmarks

SWE-bench Pro
58.7%
source ↗
Terminal-Bench 2.1
78.0%
source ↗
DeepSWE v1.1
49.0%
source ↗
MLE-Bench
63.9%
source ↗
OSWorld-Verified
83.0%
source ↗
CharXiv
85.2%
source ↗
GDM-MRCR v2 (128k)
91.8%
source ↗
Get API accessProvider and language code samples
2 hostsInOutContextUptime
Google Vertex AI$0.38 in·$1.88 out·1M·89% upGoogle AI Studio$0.75 in·$3.75 out·1M·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Provider
fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"google/gemini-3.6-flash"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA
Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 27 text responses
Tick = global average
Vocabulary Diversity60%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length19.4 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.13

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting5.4

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage2.7

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure0.99

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage0.04

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.07

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits
Consistency
80%
Across 27 responses

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Dune

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Tokyo

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Outer Wilds

Indie, Adventure4.4
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