Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on gemini-3.6-flash and 1,000,000 tokens on gemini-3.6-flash-free. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 7.7s on gemini-3.6-flash and 5.2s on gemini-3.6-flash-free. Measured output throughput is 154.8 tok/s on gemini-3.6-flash and 124.0 tok/s on gemini-3.6-flash-free.
gemini-3.6-flashgemini-3.6-flash-freeGemini 3.6 Flash provides sustained frontier-level intelligence optimized for real-world tasks at a higher speed and lower cost. Designed for the agentic era, it excels at code generation, agentic execution, and spatial reasoning. This model is particularly effective for rapid agentic loops involving complex coding cycles and iterations.
Gemini 3.6 Flash free version: fFree model resources are limited and provided only for trial use; stability cannot be guaranteed, and you may encounter 429 errors during use. If you need to use it in a production environment and require unlimited concurrency with absolute stability, please choose the official version: gemini-3.6-flash
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gemini-3.6-flash-free: 5.2s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.
gemini-3.6-flash accepts 1,048,576 and gemini-3.6-flash-free accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on gemini-3.6-flash and 64,000 tokens on gemini-3.6-flash-free.
gemini-3.6-flash at 154.8 tok/s and gemini-3.6-flash-free at 124.0 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
gemini-3.6-flash accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search and long context; gemini-3.6-flash-free accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search and long context.
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