Gemini 3.6 Flash pricing
Gemini 3.6 Flash, Mid-tier from Google, costs $0.75 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens.
Input$0.75per 1M tokens
Output$3.75per 1M tokens
Context window1.05Mtokens
TierMidGoogle
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Specs and pricing
| Provider | |
| Tier | Mid |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens |
| Max output | 66K tokens |
| Input price | $0.75 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $3.75 / 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.075 / 1M tokens |
| Modalities | text, image |
| Released | 2026-07 |
Note. Standard tier. Introductory pricing through 31 December 2026, identical to 3.7 Flash; from 1 January 2027 the rate is $1.50 input / $7.50 output, cache read $0.15 per 1M.
What it costs at realistic volumes
Assuming a 4:1 input:output token ratio, a common shape for chat and RAG-style workloads:
| Volume (4:1 in:out ratio) | Input cost | Output cost | Total / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 in / 250,000 out | $0.75 | $0.94 | $1.69 |
| 10,000,000 in / 2,500,000 out | $7.50 | $9.38 | $16.88 |
| 100,000,000 in / 25,000,000 out | $75.00 | $93.75 | $168.75 |
Cheaper alternatives
Same tier (Mid), a different provider, and a lower blended cost at the 4:1 ratio used above:
| Model | Provider | $/1M in | $/1M out | At the 4:1 ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-OSS 120B | OpenRouter | $0.037 | $0.17 | 95.3% cheaper blended |
| GPT-OSS 120B | Novita AI | $0.05 | $0.25 | 93.3% cheaper blended |
| Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo | DeepInfra | $0.10 | $0.32 | 89.3% cheaper blended |
| Nemotron 3 Super | OpenRouter | $0.085 | $0.40 | 89% cheaper blended |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Baseten | $0.13 | $0.26 | 88.4% cheaper blended |