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Gemini 3.6 Flash Cost Calculator

Gemini 3.6 Flash succeeds Gemini 3.5 Flash with 17% cheaper output ($7.50 vs $9.00) at the same input price. 1M context, native audio + vision, 90% cache discount.

Input

$1.50

per 1M tokens

Output

$7.50

per 1M tokens

Context window

1049K

tokens

Released

2026-07

Cutoff —

Model

≈ Estimated tokenizer·$1.50 in·$7.50 out (per 1M)

Quick start with a use case

Input tokens

Output tokens

Total cost per call$0.005250

Input$0.001500

Output$0.003750

Cost comparison

Standard

$0.005250

With Caching

$0.004575

Save 13% ↓

With Batch

$0.002625

Save 50% ↓

Cutting costs? Open models start at $0.14/1M

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Detailed pricing

Gemini 3.6 Flash pricing breakdown

All pricing dimensions including caching and batch discounts.

Type	Price (per 1M tokens)	Note
Input	$1.5000	Standard input tokens
Output	$7.5000	Generated output tokens
Cached input	$0.1500	Reused prompt content
Batch input	$0.7500	~24h delay, 50% off
Batch output	$3.7500	Batch API output

Cutting costs? Open models start at $0.14/1M

DeepSeek, Kimi & 200+ open models on Novita AI — often 5–20x cheaper than proprietary APIs for comparable tasks.

Try Novita AI

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How it compares

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs alternatives

Single-call cost (1000 input + 500 output tokens) ranked from cheapest.

Model	Per call	vs 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash Google · this page	$0.005250	—
DeepSeek V4-Flash DeepSeek	$0.000280	−95%
DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek	$0.000480	−91%
GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI	$0.000800	−85%
GPT-5 mini OpenAI	$0.001250	−76%
Mistral Large 3 Mistral	$0.001250	−76%

Recommended use

When to choose Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash shines for general-purpose tasks, image and document understanding, high-throughput, low-latency tasks, and audio understanding and generation. Token counts are estimated within ~10-20% margin.

✓Context window of 1049K tokens handles entire codebases or book-length documents.

✓Prompt caching available — significant savings for repeated system prompts.

✓Batch API support for non-realtime workloads at ~50% discount.

✓Tool / function calling supported.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens. A typical chat call (1000 input + 500 output tokens) costs approximately $0.0052. Use the calculator above to estimate your specific use case.