Gemini 3.6 Flash ships with a cost and token-efficiency reset
Google’s new Flash models cut token cost and improve agent-facing benchmarks, but the biggest practical change is that Gemini 3.6 Flash is live now through the API while Gemini 3.5 Pro remains unreleased.
The update
Jul 21: Google shipped Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50/$7.50 per 1M tokens, 1,048K context, and a reported 17% token cut vs 3.5 Flash. 1 Flash-Lite hits 350 tok/s at $0.30/$2.50. 2 TechCrunch confirms the launch; 3.5 Pro is still absent. 3 Test
gemini-3.6-flash in Google AI Studio: what will you build against GPT-5.6 or Claude Sonnet 5?References
- 1Google launch announcement
blog.google
- 2Gemini 3.6 Flash API docs
ai.google.dev
- 3TechCrunch launch report
techcrunch.com
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