Google · stable
Google's July 2026 workhorse Flash model for agentic coding, knowledge work, and multimodal tasks with improved token efficiency over 3.5 Flash.
Specialist evidence
Source-native operational evidence for Gemini 3.6 Flash. Exact configurations remain separate. Costs are comparable only within the same selected benchmark/evaluation, and these rows never enter Overall Score.
| Evaluation | Exact configuration | Performance | Cost / task | Tokens / task | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · 1.4 · composite Artificial Analysis Coding Agents · checked 2026-08-29 | gemini-3-6-flash-high Opencode - Gemini 3.6 Flash (high) | 47.2 | $2.08 | 13020160 | 65 steps |
| CursorBench · 3.2 · main CursorBench · checked 2026-08-29 | gemini-3-6-flash-epoch-gemini-3-6-flash-low Gemini 3.6 Flash Low | 47.4% | $1.13 | 20529 | 50 steps |
| CursorBench · 3.2 · main CursorBench · checked 2026-08-29 | gemini-3-6-flash-high Gemini 3.6 Flash High | 53.5% | $1.56 | 30436 | 64 steps |