# Google: gemini-3.6-flash

- Model ID: `gemini-3.6-flash`
- Provider: Google
- Web version: https://www.moleapi.com/en/models/google/gemini-3.6-flash
- Content status: catalog

## Model introduction

gemini-3.6-flash is a Google model available through MoleAPI with openai, gemini access. It fits OpenAI compatible, Gemini compatible, Vision, Prompt cache workflows, with pricing synced from the MoleAPI console.

## Model capabilities

- OpenAI compatible
- Gemini compatible
- Vision
- Prompt cache

### Verified specifications

- Catalog status: Currently available on MoleAPI
- Compatible protocols: openai, gemini
- Available billing groups: Standard, Discount

## Model pricing and access

Pricing is supplied dynamically by the MoleAPI console API.

### Standard (default, x1)

- Input: $1.5 / 1M tokens
- Output: $7.5 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: $0.15 / 1M tokens

### Discount (discount, x0.8)

- Input: $1.2 / 1M tokens
- Output: $6 / 1M tokens
- Cache read: $0.12 / 1M tokens

### Access protocols

| Protocol | Method | Endpoint |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openai | POST | /v1/chat/completions |
| gemini | POST | /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent |

- Live pricing source: https://home.moleapi.com/api/pricing

## About gemini-3.6-flash

## Model Positioning and Core Capabilities

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the primary model in Google's Flash series, designed for large-scale AI agents with a focus on coding, knowledge work, and multimodal tasks. Google positions it as a production model that balances efficiency, latency, and reliability, and states that it can complete multi-step workflows with fewer reasoning steps and tool calls.[5]

The model was released on July 21, 2026, as an efficiency-focused successor to Gemini 3.5 Flash.[5]

## Capabilities and Specifications

Gemini 3.6 Flash's public positioning emphasizes efficiency in multi-step task execution, as well as performance in coding, knowledge work, and multimodal tasks.[5]

| Item | Publicly available information |
| --- | --- |
| Release date | July 21, 2026.[5] |
| Model positioning | A primary Flash series model for large-scale AI agents.[5] |
| Focus tasks | Coding, knowledge work, multimodal tasks, and multi-step workflows.[5] |
| Efficiency characteristics | Google states that it can reduce the reasoning steps and tool calls needed to complete multi-step workflows.[5] |

## Use Cases

Gemini 3.6 Flash is designed for agent applications that combine reasoning, tool calls, and multimodal information processing. It also supports coding assistance, knowledge work processing, and multimodal analysis tasks.[5]

Google's published comparison results show that the model achieves higher results than Gemini 3.5 Flash on tests including DeepSWE, MLE Bench, OSWorld-Verified, and GDPval-AA v2; these results reflect model performance in vendor-published evaluations.[5]

## Important Limitations

Gemini 3.6 Flash includes enhanced safety protections against CBRN risks and cyberattack misuse.[5]

Gemini API usage limits are typically managed by requests per minute, input tokens per minute, and requests per day; exceeding the limit in any dimension triggers restrictions. Actual quotas are calculated per project and vary by model, usage tier, and account status.[12]

## Sources

[5] [Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/)
[12] [Rate limits | Gemini API - Google AI for Developers](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits)



## Code examples

### cURL

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

## More related models

- [gemini-3.5-flash](https://www.moleapi.com/en/models/google/gemini-3.5-flash) — Google
- [gemini-3.1-pro](https://www.moleapi.com/en/models/google/gemini-3.1-pro) — Google
- [gemini-3-flash](https://www.moleapi.com/en/models/google/gemini-3-flash) — Google

## Frequently asked questions

### How is gemini-3.6-flash priced?

Prices are read from the MoleAPI console API and update with model prices, context tiers, and account groups.

### How can I access gemini-3.6-flash?

The catalog currently lists openai, gemini.

### How do I switch an existing project to gemini-3.6-flash?

Keep the MoleAPI API address and key, replace the model parameter, and check protocol-specific parameters.

### Where do the gemini-3.6-flash details come from?

Only confirmed availability, pricing, and protocol details from the MoleAPI catalog are included.