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Gemini 3.6 Flash Overview

Gemini 3.6 Flash is a multimodal language model from Google DeepMind, positioned as the workhorse tier in the Gemini 3.x family. It accepts text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs with a 1 million token context window and produces up to 64,000 output tokens. The model builds directly on Gemini 3.5 Flash, incorporating developer and customer feedback to improve token efficiency, coding quality, and knowledge work performance. According to the Artificial Analysis Index, it consumes 17% fewer output tokens than its predecessor, and on some benchmarks such as DeepSWE, token reduction reaches up to 65%. It supports function calling, structured output, search as a tool, and code execution, and includes computer use as a built-in capability in the Gemini API and Gemini Enterprise.

On coding benchmarks, Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 49% on DeepSWE versus 37% for 3.5 Flash, and 63.9% on MLE Bench versus 49.7%. Computer use performance on OSWorld-Verified improves from 78.4% to 83%, and knowledge work scores on GDPval-AA v2 rise from 1349 to 1421. The model carries a knowledge cutoff of March 2026 and ships with enhanced Frontier Safety safeguards covering chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and cyber offense domains, with training to minimize refusals for beneficial uses. It is a proprietary, closed-weights model available in preview through the Gemini API via Google AI Studio, Android Studio, Google Antigravity, Gemini Enterprise, and the Gemini app.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Interactive Demo

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Gemini 3.6 Flash Details & Performance

Details

Resources

Vision Tasks

CaptioningChart Question AnsweringClassificationDocument Question AnsweringImage TaggingMulti-Label ClassificationOCRObject DetectionVideo ClassificationVision LanguageVisual Question Answering

Features

Foundation VisionLLMs with Vision CapabilitiesMultimodal Vision

Usage

Past 30 Days

Performance

Avg. Latency

Gemini 3.6 Flash Vision Evals

Vision Evals is Roboflow's ground-truth benchmark: every model runs the same real-world samples across six vision tasks, and answers are scored against ground truth.

Evals updated September 3, 2026Pricing updated September 4, 2026

Overall score#6 of 52
83.0%
Avg cost / sample#31 of 52
$0.0032
Avg speed / sample#36 of 52
14.66s
Avg tokens / sample
1.8K

Strengths and weaknesses

Gemini 3.6 Flash averages 83.0% across the six Vision Evals tasks, ranking #6 of 52 models overall.

It places in the top three for Counting and Identification.

Its weakest relative showing is OCR, ranking #25 of 52 at 88.2%.

At $0.0032 per sample it is the 31st cheapest of the 52 benchmarked models, and its average inference time of 14.7s per sample makes it the 36th fastest.

Performance profile

Field medianGemini 3.6 Flash

Field medians: Object Detection 54.1%, Counting 56.8%, Identification 84.4%, OCR 88.1%, Data Extraction 84.5%, Reasoning 53.6%.

Results by task

TaskScoreField (0 to 100)RankCost / sampleSpeed
Object Detection (low)
57.1%
±1.7, Mean of 3 runs, range 55.9 to 59.4
#19 of 52$0.004118.59s
Object Detection (high)
70.7%
±0.4, Mean of 3 runs, range 70.3 to 71.2
#4 of 10$0.009326.16s
Counting (low)
80.2%
±2.0, Mean of 3 runs, range 78.4 to 82.4
#3 of 52$0.003415.55s
Counting (high)
79.3%
±2.7, Mean of 3 runs, range 77.0 to 82.4
#3 of 10$0.008919.03s
Identification (low)
99.0%
±1.6, Mean of 3 runs, range 96.9 to 100.0
#3 of 52$0.00157.42s
Identification (high)
100.0%
±0.0, Mean of 3 runs, range 100.0 to 100.0
#1 of 10$0.003310.11s
OCR (low)
88.2%
±0.3, Mean of 3 runs, range 87.9 to 88.4
#25 of 52$0.00286.33s
OCR (high)
89.5%
±0.0, Mean of 3 runs, range 89.5 to 89.6
#6 of 10$0.01724.69s
Data Extraction (low)
95.9%
±1.0, Mean of 3 runs, range 94.8 to 96.9
#4 of 52$0.001510.00s
Data Extraction (high)
94.8%
±1.0, Mean of 3 runs, range 93.8 to 95.9
#3 of 10$0.00329.47s
Reasoning (low)
77.7%
±2.0, Mean of 3 runs, range 76.2 to 80.1
#4 of 52$0.003114.28s
Reasoning (high)
81.0%
±2.0, Mean of 3 runs, range 79.5 to 83.4
#3 of 37$0.009114.69s
  • Thinking longer helps: 13.6 points higher on object detection at high effort for 2.2x the cost and 1.4x the latency.
  • Thinking longer does not help: 0.9 points lower on counting at high effort for 2.6x the cost and 1.2x the latency.
  • Thinking longer helps: 1 points higher on identification at high effort for 2.2x the cost and 1.4x the latency.
  • Thinking longer helps: 1.4 points higher on ocr at high effort for 6.2x the cost and 3.9x the latency.
  • Thinking longer does not help: 1 points lower on data extraction at high effort for 2.1x the cost and 0.9x the latency.
  • Thinking longer helps: 3.3 points higher on reasoning at high effort for 2.9x the cost and 1x the latency.

Price vs. performance

Score vs. cost

Overall benchmark score against estimated cost per sample, on a log scale. Upper-left is the sweet spot: high quality at low cost.

51 models on the current benchmark · scores and efficiency pooled across all six tasks at low effort · Gemini 3.6 Flash highlighted

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores are the mean of 3 runs per task at both low and high effort · Methodology

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Gemini 3.6 Flash Pricing

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.750 per 1M input tokens and $3.75 per 1M output tokens.

Input$0.750 / 1M tokens
Output$3.75 / 1M tokens
Cached input$0.075 / 1M tokens

Pricing updated Sep 4, 2026

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Deploy Gemini 3.6 Flash with an API

Gemini 3.6 Flash runs as a hosted REST endpoint through Roboflow Workflows. Pick a task, then hand the prompt to your coding agent or copy the code. Deploying the workflow into a free Roboflow workspace replaces the your-workspace and YOUR_API_KEY placeholders with your own.

Connect your agent to Roboflow (once)

Add the Roboflow MCP server

claude mcp add --transport http roboflow https://mcp.roboflow.com/mcp

Run /mcp and authorize Roboflow in your browser when the OAuth flow opens.

Start a new Claude Code session so the MCP loads, then paste the prompt below (it works the same in any agent).

Deploy this workflow to your Roboflow workspace to use it.

Integrate the Roboflow "Gemini 3.6 Flash" workflow into my app.

- Endpoint: POST https://serverless.roboflow.com/<your-workspace>/workflows/gemini-3-6-flash-open-prompt
- Auth: send my Roboflow API key as `api_key` in the request body, read from the ROBOFLOW_API_KEY env var (never hardcode).
- Body: { "api_key": ..., "inputs": { `image`: { type: "url" | "base64", value }, `prompt`: text } }.
- Billing: this workflow needs no provider API key — inference runs on my Roboflow credits. A BYO provider key can be added to the model step in the Roboflow workflow editor later.

With the Roboflow MCP connected, call `workflows_get` on "gemini-3-6-flash-open-prompt" to read the exact input schema (the source of truth), then `workflows_run` on a sample image to confirm the output shape before writing code (the MCP is authenticated, so this needs no key). Without the MCP, use the contract above.

Before running the app, set up these keys so it does not error at runtime:
- `ROBOFLOW_API_KEY` (sent as `api_key`) from https://app.roboflow.com/settings/api
Create a .gitignore'd .env with these variables, using placeholder values for any I haven't given you. Then pause and tell me directly, in your reply: the full path to the .env file, exactly which keys I need to paste in, and the link to get each one. Wait for me to confirm I've added them before you run anything. Do not run the app until I confirm.

Then add the integration to my codebase: match my project's language, framework, and conventions; read every key from environment variables (never hardcode); add basic error handling; and include a small runnable example. If you can't tell what language my project uses, ask me.
Installpip install inference-sdk

Deploy this workflow to your Roboflow workspace to use it.

# Inference runs on your Roboflow credits — no provider API key needed. To bill your own provider account instead, add an api_key to the model step in the Roboflow workflow editor.
# 1. Import the library
from inference_sdk import InferenceHTTPClient

# 2. Connect to your workflow
client = InferenceHTTPClient(
  api_url="https://serverless.roboflow.com",
  api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

# 3. Run your workflow on an image
result = client.run_workflow(
  workspace_name="your-workspace",
  workflow_id="gemini-3-6-flash-open-prompt",
  images={
    "image": "YOUR_IMAGE.jpg"  # Path to your image file
  },
  parameters={
    "prompt": "Describe what you see in the image"
  },
  use_cache=True  # cache workflow definition for 15 minutes
)

# 4. Get your results
print(result)

Deploy this workflow to your Roboflow workspace to use it.

// Inference runs on your Roboflow credits — no provider API key needed. To bill your own provider account instead, add an api_key to the model step in the Roboflow workflow editor.
const response = await fetch('https://serverless.roboflow.com/your-workspace/workflows/gemini-3-6-flash-open-prompt', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    inputs: {
      "image": {"type": "url", "value": "IMAGE_URL"},
      "prompt": "Describe what you see in the image"
    }
  })
});

const result = await response.json();
console.log(result);

Deploy this workflow to your Roboflow workspace to use it.

# Inference runs on your Roboflow credits — no provider API key needed. To bill your own provider account instead, add an api_key to the model step in the Roboflow workflow editor.
curl --location 'https://serverless.roboflow.com/your-workspace/workflows/gemini-3-6-flash-open-prompt' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "inputs": {
    "image": {"type": "url", "value": "IMAGE_URL"},
    "prompt": "Describe what you see in the image"
  }
}'

Gemini 3.6 Flash License

Proprietary

Gemini 3.6 Flash is proprietary: the weights are not distributed, and the Gemini 3.6 Flash license is the vendor's commercial terms of service that you accept when you call the API.

Commercial use
Permitted under the vendor terms, typically metered per token or per request, with the vendor usage policy applying to your inputs and outputs.
Modification
Not available. Gemini 3.6 Flash weights are closed, so you can configure prompts and use vendor-hosted fine-tuning where it is offered, but you cannot modify the model itself.
Redistribution
Not permitted. You cannot self-host or resell the model; you build on the hosted API instead.

Vendor terms govern data retention, whether your inputs can be trained on, rate limits, and regional availability, and they can change with notice. Review them if you handle regulated or customer data.

Do I need a commercial license for Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Proprietary terms are set by the vendor rather than negotiated per project, and no open-source obligation attaches to your code. If you would rather deploy a model whose commercial license is included in your plan — on Roboflow Managed Cloud or a Self-Hosted Inference Server — Roboflow's licensing page lists the supported alternatives to Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Do not hesitate to reach out with questions for your commercial project — our team will help you start solving business problems on the first call. See Roboflow commercial licensing for the models included in each plan.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Gemini 3.6 Flash Vision

Yes. Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts image input and handles OCR, data extraction, object counting, identification, visual reasoning, and object detection. On Roboflow's Vision Evals its strongest task is Counting at 80.2% (#3 of 52 at low effort). You can test it on your own image in the demo above.

Yes. its transcriptions match the ground truth 88.2% on average (#25 of 52 at low effort) on Vision Evals OCR. Pulling specific fields out of documents (data extraction) scores 95.9%.

It's serviceable. On Vision Evals, Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 57.1% mAP@50 on object detection (#19 of 52 at low effort) and 80.2% judge-graded accuracy on object counting.

On our benchmark's task mix, Gemini 3.6 Flash averages $0.0032 per sample at $0.75 per 1M input and $3.75 per 1M output tokens (#31 of 52 on cost), with an average speed of 14.7s per sample across the benchmark. Actual cost depends on your images and prompts.

On the overall Vision Evals ranking, Gemini 3.6 Flash sits #6 of 52 at 83%, just behind Gemini 3.1 Pro (83.3%) and just ahead of Claude Fable 5.1 (81.3%). See the full side-by-side: Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Gemini 3.1 Pro.