Google cut 3.6 Flash's price to $0.75/$3.75 on Aug 13, 2026, matching new sibling Gemini 3.7 Flash's intro rate through the end of the year.
Gemini 3.6 Flash now bills $0.75 / 1M input and $3.75 / 1M output through Dec 31, 2026 — half its original launch price, cut on Aug 13, 2026 to match the newly launched Gemini 3.7 Flash. Cached input is $0.075 / 1M. The rate reverts to $1.50/$7.50 on Jan 1, 2027.
Gemini 3.6 Flash itself hasn't changed since its July 21, 2026 release — replacing Gemini 3.5 Flash with 17% fewer output tokens on the Artificial Analysis Index and built-in Computer Use. What changed on August 13, 2026 is the price: Google launched a newer sibling, Gemini 3.7 Flash, at an introductory $0.75/$3.75 per 1M tokens, and cut 3.6 Flash to the same rate rather than leave its own older model looking overpriced next to the new one. Both models now cost the same through the end of 2026.
The intro window is temporary: unless Google extends it, 3.6 Flash's price reverts to its original $1.50/$7.50 on January 1, 2027. Budget accordingly if you're building around the discounted rate for the long term.
Flash inherits the native multimodality of the Gemini family: text, image, audio, and video all go in, across the full 1M context, with up to 64K output tokens and thinking controls. The 3.6 generation leans hardest into coding and computer use, making it a strong fit for agent loops and IDE assistants. Gemini 3.7 Flash is now Google's more explicitly coding-and-agent-focused pick at the same price, so the choice between the two comes down to which benchmark profile fits your workload.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.6 Flash (intro) | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1M |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash (intro) | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1M |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1M |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $2 | $12 | 1M |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | $0.20 | $1.20 | 1M |
3.6 Flash and 3.7 Flash are priced identically through 2026 — pick 3.7 Flash if you want Google's newest coding/agent tuning, or stick with 3.6 Flash if you already have it validated in production. Flash-Lite remains the genuine cheap-volume tier, and GPT-5.6 Luna still undercuts both Flash models on raw price but lacks native video.