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Gemini 3.6 Flash

· verified July 26, 2026

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Provider

Statuspublic

AA Intelligence Index50.1 (July 16, 2026 snapshot)

Released2026-07-21

Context window1M

Modalitiesn/a

API price $/1M (in / out)$1.5 / $7.5

Speedn/a

AccessFree tier in AI Studio and the Gemini app (rate-limited) · API $1.50/$7.50 per 1M tokens

In one line

Google's July refresh of the free workhorse: 3.5 Flash quality with cheaper output ($7.50 vs $9), 1M context, day one in AI Studio, the API and the app. The new default of the Gemini line.

Coding76

Reasoning78

Writing72

Agents & tools76

Category scores (0-100) are WhichAI blended ratings: public category leaderboards plus editorial judgment. Guidance, not official measurements.

Alternatives worth a look

Gemini 3.5 Flash (Google) · AA 50.2FREE (most generous free tier) · free API via Google AI Studio
Muse Spark 1.1 (Meta) · AA 50.6API via Meta Superintelligence Labs (Meta's first paid model, July 9, 2026)
GLM-5.2 (Z.ai) · AA 51.1Open weights · low-cost API hosts

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Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 2026 rebased scale (top models ≈ 55–60). Snapshot: July 24, 2026 (BenchLM mirror), retrieved July 26, 2026. Context, price and release data come from vendor pages and public pricing mirrors (retrieved July 19, 2026). Missing values are not published or not yet verified - shown as -. Sources are linked inside the app (Model guide and About > Methodology).