Gemini 3.6 Flash API Pricing & Cost Calculator

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the multimodal value-pick: $1.50/$7.50 with full image, audio, and video input support makes it uniquely cost-effective for media-heavy pipelines. Combine with the batch API for half-off workloads.

Gemini 3.6 Flash succeeds Gemini 3.5 Flash as Google's fast multimodal model, with a 1-million-token context window and native image, audio, and video input. It targets the high-volume workhorse tier.

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Input tokens
30,000
50% cached
Output tokens
3,000
per request
Volume
1,000 / monthly
Standard API

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Cost Comparison

Based on 30,000 input tokens (50% cached), 3,000 output tokens, and 1,000 requests.

How this is calculated

Gemini 3.6 Flash is priced at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, with a 90% prompt caching discount ($0.15 per million cached reads) and a 50% batch discount ($0.75 per million inputs, $3.75 per million outputs) via Google's Batch API. That's a touch cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash on output.

Verdict

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the multimodal value-pick: $1.50/$7.50 with full image, audio, and video input support makes it uniquely cost-effective for media-heavy pipelines. Combine with the batch API for half-off workloads.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Yes, slightly. 3.6 Flash drops output cost from $9.00 to $7.50 per million tokens while keeping input at $1.50, with the same 90% cache discount. A small but real improvement for high-output workloads.