Gemini 3.6 Flash

by Google

Zero data retention
google/gemini-3.6-flash
Input
$1.05/1M tokens
Output
$5.25/1M tokens
Context
1Mtokens
Max output
66Ktokens
Knows to
-
Released
21 Jul 2026

About

Gemini 3.6 Flash is a high-efficiency model from Google for coding, agentic workflows, and web and app development.

Pricing

Input$1.05per 1M prompt tokens
Output$5.25per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included
Cached input$0.10per 1M tokens read back from the prompt cache
Cache write$0.06per 1M tokens written to the prompt cache
Web search$0.020per request that uses the provider’s built-in search

What a request costs

Typical requestEachPer 1,000
Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out$0.0037$3.67
Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out$0.046$46.20
Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out$0.027$27.30

At the developer-API rate, before any provider promotion or prompt-cache saving. In the app, the model picker shows what a message costs on your plan before you send it.

Benchmarks

Intelligence34.0#70 of 285
Coding69.2#46 of 163
Agentic29.0#51 of 127

Head-to-head rankings

  1. #6ASCII artModel arenaElo 128157% wins
  2. #11Android appsAgent arenaElo 121754% wins
  3. #12Game devAgent arenaElo 118148% wins
  4. #14WebsitesModel arenaElo 130255% wins
  5. #15Data vizModel arenaElo 129052% wins
  6. #16Mobile appsAgent arenaElo 119650% wins
  7. #17SlidesAgent arenaElo 114842% wins
  8. #18CodeModel arenaElo 129253% wins
  9. #19UI componentsModel arenaElo 129554% wins
  10. #21Full stackAgent arenaElo 118144% wins

Scores from Artificial Analysis; bars are scaled to the best model on our list. Rankings from Design Arena head-to-head votes. Published by OpenRouter alongside its catalogue.

Call it from code

OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.privateer.pro/v1 and set model. Keys are created in the app under Settings.

cURL
curl https://api.privateer.pro/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATEER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
  }'
Python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["PRIVATEER_API_KEY"],
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/gemini-3.6-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.PRIVATEER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "google/gemini-3.6-flash",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Parameters this model accepts

include_reasoningmax_tokensreasoningreasoning_effortresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_p

API reference → · How API billing works →

Prices are USD at the developer-API rate, as of 16 Oct 2026, rebuilt daily from the providers’ live catalogues. ← All models