google / text-generation API-only released 2026-07-21

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is a high-efficiency model from Google for coding, agentic workflows, and web and app development. It is designed to produce polished outputs with fewer unnecessary edits and...

Input / 1M
$0.75
Output / 1M
$3.75
Context
1M
AA Intelligence
34
Closed weights — available only as a hosted API text + image + video + file + audio → text View on OpenRouter ↗

Pricing

via OpenRouter · USD per 1M tokens · synced 2026-10-24
$0.75
input / 1M
$3.75
output / 1M
$0.075
cached input / 1M
$4.50
1M in + 1M out
:batch variant $0.38 in · $1.88 out
Context window
1,048,576 tokens
Max output
65,536 tokens
Providers
2
Cheapest provider
Google AI Studio · $0.38 / $1.88
Best throughput
—
AA Intelligence / Coding / Agentic
34 / 69.2 / 29
✓ Tool calling ✓ Reasoning ✓ Structured outputs ✓ Image input ✓ File input ✓ Audio input ✓ Prompt caching

Price history

tracking started — chart appears after 7 days of snapshots (6 recorded)
Current: $0.75 input · $3.75 output per 1M tokens

Benchmarks

Third-party indices as published through OpenRouter — Artificial Analysis and Design Arena. Not measured by us.

AA Intelligence Index
34
AA Coding Index
69.2
AA Agentic Index
29
Design Arena
CategoryEloWin %Rank
agenticgamedev 1180 47.6% #13
androidnative 1205 53.4% #11
blender3d 1168 52.1% #13
fullstack 1181 44.3% #21
htmlslides 1045 41.9% #19
mobileapps 1196 49.8% #18
python-pptxslides 1096 38.8% #25
spreadsheet 1074 44.2% #15
webapps 1197 45.6% #25
3d 1273 52.9% #25
asciiart 1281 57.3% #5
codecategories 1289 53.4% #19
dataviz 1290 52.3% #17
gamedev 1264 50.9% #32
uicomponent 1293 53.8% #18
website 1300 55.4% #15

Providers

2 providers · per 1M tokens · last 30 min metrics
ProviderQuantContextInputOutputUptimeTok/s
Google unknown 1M $0.38 $1.88 100% —
Google AI Studio unknown 1M $0.38 $1.88 100% —
Google unknown 1M $0.75 $3.75 100% —
Google AI Studio unknown 1M $0.75 $3.75 100% —
Google unknown 1M $0.83 $4.13 100% —
Google unknown 1M $1.35 $6.75 100% —
Google AI Studio unknown 1M $1.35 $6.75 100% —
Provider data from OpenRouter's endpoint listing, refreshed daily.

Specifications

Organisation
google
Released on OpenRouter
2026-07-21
Context window
1,048,576 tokens
Max output
65,536 tokens
Input
text, image, video, file, audio
Output
text
Tokenizer
Gemini
Moderated by provider
No
OpenRouter id
google/gemini-3.6-flash
Compare with
Prices, context and providers from the public OpenRouter API, snapshotted daily; benchmark indices from Artificial Analysis. See /methodology.