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gemini-3.6-flash
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Gemini 3.6 Flash API is a broad-input Google model for agents that combine text, images, files, audio, and video. Its 1.05M context supports large multimodal workspaces while returning text. [1]

Gemini 3.6 Flash API has no exact mapped result in LLM2014 logic 2026-08. Historical scores and scores for other versions are not presented as current results for this model. [1][2]

MODALITIES
Price$0.75 / $3.75 / 1MCONTEXT1.0486M

Playground

Try Gemini 3.6 Flash in the API Need Playground.

Provider

Current API Need routing and live API pricing. [1]

API Need50% off
Uptime
Total Context
1.0486M
Max Output
65.536K
Input
$0.75/ 1M
Output
$3.75/ 1M
Cache Read
$0.075/ 1M
Cache Write
Route priced

Pricing

Pricing uses the current live API Need configuration for this model.

Official
Provider baseline
Input $1.5/ 1MOutput $7.5/ 1M
Baseline
APINEED50% off
Prepaid credits
Input $0.75/ 1MOutput $3.75/ 1M

Availability

Recent public performance data for this model.

API statusLive metrics
API Need gateway99.55% uptime

Benchmarks

Editorial benchmark data is shown when this model has a verified match. [2]Intelligence uses the source’s median-score ranking. Efficiency views are APINEED calculations, not official LLM2014 rankings. Test costs and reference prices are converted at ¥7 per US dollar; they are not APINEED selling prices. Missing values are N/A. These results describe the source’s tested configurations, not guaranteed APINEED endpoint performance.

1stGPT-5.5 (xhigh)80.2373.897.9%534s33,219$27.51$29.57
2ndGPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)78.3769.4211.42%381s17,769$14.71$29.57
3rdKimi-K3 (max)75.7767.6610.7%1144s41,432$17.40$15.00
4thClaude Opus 5 (xhigh)71.2464.749.12%437s26,705$18.43$24.64
5thGLM-5.3 (max)74.4863.9114.19%1009s57,408$6.43$4.00
6thGLM-5.3-Flash (max)69.5560.5212.98%863s38,787$0.22$0.20
7thQwen3.8-Max (xhigh)64.6860.057.16%1297s65,135$9.38$5.14
8thDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813(max)70.1359.6314.97%1601s73,350$7.92$3.86
9thDeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp (max)62.8658.107.57%974s79,420$2.86$1.29
10thGemini 3.7 Flash (high)66.6257.5613.6%131s26,596$2.75$3.70
11thGrok 4.6 (high)67.9356.4116.96%813s33,807$5.60$5.91
12thGemini 3.1 Pro (high)69.3555.8419.48%235s28,338$9.39$11.83
13thDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (max)66.3455.2316.75%881s74,657$2.69$1.29
14thGLM-5.2 (max)66.5354.7017.78%891s46,273$5.18$4.00
15thQwen3.8-Flash (xhigh)65.4454.4916.73%844s64,942$0.70$0.39
16thGPT-5.6 Luna (xhigh)65.9251.6221.69%247s37,885$1.25$1.18
17thQwen3.8-27B (xhigh)58.4847.6518.52%2318s73,987$3.55$1.71
18thDoubao-Seed-2.1-pro (high)55.1245.7816.94%2026s85,238$10.23$4.29
19thMuse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)57.9345.1422.08%359s47,209$5.54$4.19
20thGemini 3.7 Flash (low)53.5044.0617.64%59s10,673$1.10$3.70
21stClaude Sonnet 5 (xhigh)47.8039.5717.22%545s45,066$12.44$9.86
22ndTencent Hy3 (high)57.8939.5131.75%1076s53,214$0.85$0.57
23rdQwen3.7-Plus (high)51.3638.7424.57%1254s58,610$1.88$1.14
24thMiniMax-M343.8337.3714.74%982s57,486$1.93$1.20
25thDoubao-Seed-2.0-lite 0428 (high)34.1326.1823.29%669s27,845$0.40$0.51
26thClaude Opus 534.9424.5829.65%156s10,261$7.08$24.64
27thGemini 3.5 Flash Lite (high)29.5120.4430.74%192s17,842$1.23$2.46
28thLing-3.0-flash28.3717.0539.9%735s95,538N/AN/A
29thGemma 4 31B21.3616.0924.67%756s15,290$0.17$0.39
30thopenPangu-2.0-Pro20.0215.7521.33%645s28,215$1.64$2.07
31stQwen3.7-Plus20.8415.6325%323s8,910$0.29$1.14
32ndGPT-5.5 Instant21.7314.0935.16%28s1,712$1.42$29.57
33rdMistral Medium 3.517.2513.8719.59%200s28,129$5.82$7.39
34thStep-3.7-Flash26.1813.7447.52%282s47,180$1.53$1.16
35thMiMo-V2.5-Pro26.3113.0050.59%550s33,095$0.79$0.86
36thDots3-Note Preview18.6312.9530.49%210s28,386N/AN/A
37thERNIE 5.116.3211.3230.64%468s24,522$1.77$2.57
38thQwen3.8-27B16.4810.6135.62%192s8,914$0.43$1.71
39thopenPangu-2.0-Flash19.2410.1647.19%583s29,052$0.19$0.23
40thLongCat-2.017.619.7444.69%374s14,273$0.46$1.14
41stClaude Sonnet 516.499.6741.36%113s6,175$1.70$9.86
42ndGLM-5.212.428.0535.19%24s929$0.10$4.00
43rdDeepSeek V4 Flash 073113.577.9341.56%53s4,621$0.17$1.29
44thGemini 3.1 Flash Lite9.017.1121.09%11s707$0.03$1.48
45thDoubao-Seed-2.1-pro13.036.1752.65%319s6,948$0.83$4.29
46thMistral Medium 3.58.455.9329.82%18s2,589$0.54$7.39

Quick Start

Call Gemini 3.6 Flash with its real backend model ID.

1

Get an API key

Create an API key in the product app.

export API_NEED_API_KEY=sk-apineed-v1-...
2

Send a request

Call /v1/chat/completions with model gemini-3.6-flash.

TypeScript SDKPythoncURLOpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.API_NEED_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://apineed.com/v1"
});

const result = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "gemini-3.6-flash",
  messages: [
    { role: "user", content: "Why is the sky blue?" }
  ]
});

console.log(result.choices[0].message.content);
3

Handle the response

Validate responses and errors in your application.

curl https://apineed.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_NEED_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "gemini-3.6-flash",
  "stream": true,
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello"
    }
  ]
}'

Endpoints

Endpoints currently returned by the live pricing API.

POST/v1/chat/completions
Authorization
Bearer $API_NEED_API_KEY
Content-Type
application/json
HTTP-Referer
optional - your site URL, for rankings
X-Title
optional - your site name, for rankings
Model
gemini-3.6-flash
POST/v1/responses
Authorization
Bearer $API_NEED_API_KEY
Content-Type
application/json
HTTP-Referer
optional - your site URL, for rankings
X-Title
optional - your site name, for rankings
Model
gemini-3.6-flash

Parameters

Supported parameters are shown when verified metadata is available. [1]

No verified parameter metadata is currently available.

Gemini 3.6 Flash API Q&A

Model-specific answers for teams comparing Gemini 3.6 Flash API on capability, benchmark evidence, integration, and cost.

What inputs does Gemini 3.6 Flash API accept?

It accepts text, images, files, audio, and video within a listed 1.05M-token context window and returns text.

What is the Gemini 3.6 Flash API logic rank?

Gemini 3.6 Flash has no exact mapped result in LLM2014 logic 2026-08. Historical scores and scores for other versions are not presented as current results for this model.

How much is Gemini 3.6 Flash API output through APINEED?

The discounted output rate is $3.75 per million tokens, compared with the listed official rate of $7.50.

When should I use Gemini 3.6 Flash?

For Gemini 3.6 Flash API, use it when one request must reason across several media types and a large context without switching model families.

Which endpoint serves Gemini 3.6 Flash API?

Call Gemini 3.6 Flash API through https://apineed.com/v1/chat/completions with gemini-3.6-flash as the model value. Existing OpenAI SDK clients usually need only the APINEED base URL and key.

How do I validate Gemini 3.6 Flash API before release?

Evaluate Gemini 3.6 Flash API on representative prompts, record quality, latency, and token use, then choose reasoning settings and fallbacks from those results.

How to deploy Gemini 3.6 Flash

Connect the live model to your application.

1

Top up

Add usage credit in the product app.

2

Create a key

Create and securely store an API key.

3

Configure the endpoint

Send requests to /v1/chat/completions.

4

Monitor responses

Track status, latency, and errors in your application.

Use gemini-3.6-flash in your application.

More live models

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