GoogleGemini 3.5 FlashVSGoogleGemini 3.6 Flash

Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|Updated: June 2026

Our Take

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the clear winner here. It beats Gemini 3.5 Flash across the board because it is both smarter and cheaper to run. Unless you have specific platform restrictions, go with Gemini 3.6 Flash—it is the optimal choice.

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Model Specs

Gemini 3.5 Flash

Website

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)

55.1%

excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases

Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)

92.2%

graduate-level science QA

Cost & Context

Cost (per 1M tokens)

$3.38Input: $1.50 | Output: $9.00

Context Window

1.05M tokens

Model Specs

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Website

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+3.6%)

58.7%

excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases

Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+0.8%)

93%

graduate-level science QA

Cost & Context

Cost (per 1M tokens)1.1x cheaper

$3.00Input: $1.50 | Output: $7.50

Context Window

1.05M tokens

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Frequently Asked Questions about Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash. Gemini 3.6 Flash has a blended cost of $3.00/1M tokens, which is about 1.1x cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash at $3.38/1M tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash is better for coding tasks on this benchmark. It scores 58.7% on swe-bench-pro (excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases) compared to Gemini 3.5 Flash which scores 55.1%.

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