MODEL COMPARE

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemini 3 Flash Preview: Pricing, Capabilities and Benchmarks

Compare Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3 Flash Preview across context window, API pricing, modalities, tool use and recommended use cases.

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DECISION SUMMARY

Decision summary

Recommendations are conditional. Unknown values never count as a loss, and missing comparable benchmarks produce no winner.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_coding_benchmark_missing

No same-source coding benchmark is attached to both model versions.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_agent_benchmark_missing

Capabilities are listed, but a comparable agent benchmark is missing.

Tie

Evidence

context_window_larger

Gemini 3.6 Flash=1048576; Gemini 3 Flash Preview=1048576

Gemini 3 Flash Preview

Evidence

same_provider_monthly_cost_lower

Gemini 3.6 Flash=1.5; Gemini 3 Flash Preview=1.1; input=1000000; cached_input=0; output=200000; provider=OpenRouter

Insufficient data

Evidence

open_weights_support

Gemini 3.6 Flash=unknown; Gemini 3 Flash Preview=unknown

MODEL ATTRIBUTES

Source scope: Provider endpoint

Show differences only

Attribute	Gemini 3.6 Flash	Gemini 3 Flash Preview	Winner
Context window`context_window_larger`Provider endpoint	1.05M	1.05M	Tie
Maximum output`max_output_larger`Provider endpoint	66K	66K	Tie
Input modalities`input_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text, Image, Video, File, Audio	Text, Image, File, Audio, Video	Insufficient data
Output modalities`output_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text	Insufficient data
Tool calling`tool_calling_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Structured output`structured_output_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Reasoning`reasoning_support`Model	Supported	Supported	Insufficient data
Open weights`open_weights_support`Model	Unknown	Unknown	Insufficient data
Input price per 1M tokens`input_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$0.75	$0.50	Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Output price per 1M tokens`output_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$3.75	$3	Gemini 3 Flash Preview

USAGE ESTIMATOR

Estimate token charges for the selected provider endpoints. Image, audio, request and web-search charges are not included.

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Monthly input tokensMonthly output tokensCached input tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$1.5Estimated monthly cost

Gemini 3 Flash Preview$1.1Estimated monthly cost