Gemini 3.5 Flash
01
Snapshot
Overall
69
rank #14 of 22
Coding
64
rank #17 of 22
Multimodal
86
rank #7 of 22
Input / Output
$1.5 / $9
USD per 1M tokens
Context
1M
usable recall 88
Speed
~80 tok/s
TTFT 0.3s
Aggregated from public sources and independently weighted; methodology on the Terms page. Scores within 3 points are treated as statistically tied.
02
Specs & pricing
Every tracked field. List API prices in USD per 1M tokens; verify current vendor pricing before purchase.
| Vendor | Google (US) |
| Released / current | 2026.07 |
| Licensing | Closed / managed API |
| Context window | 1M |
| Max output | 128K |
| Effective-context score | 88 |
| Input / output price | $1.5 / $9 per 1M tokens |
| Cache discount | No published cache discount |
| Free tier | Gemini App free; API free tier |
| Speed / TTFT | ~80 tok/s / 0.3s |
| Function calling | 75 |
| Refusal rate | ~10% |
| English / Chinese | 85 / 72 |
| Modalities | text, image, audio, video |
| Fine-tuning | Yes |
| Private deployment | No |
| SOC2 / no-train | yes / yes |
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Strengths & watch-outs
Strengths
- Extremely fast
- Low price
- Native multimodal
- Built for scale
Watch-outs
- Average reasoning depth
- Limited on hard tasks
04
Where it ranks among 22 models
Overall 69/100 (#14), coding 64 (#17), multimodal 86 (#7). See the full boards and side-by-side compare on the leaderboard.
05
Pricing in practice
Illustrative monthly bill for 100M input + 30M output tokens: $420 at list. Your mix and cache-hit ratio change this.
Illustrative model using public list rates before any enterprise agreement; cache discount: No published cache discount.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Gemini 3.5 Flash cost?
List API pricing is $1.5 input and $9 output per 1M tokens. No published cache discount. Gemini App free; API free tier
What is Gemini 3.5 Flash's context window, and is it usable end to end?
It advertises a 1M window with 128K max output; its effective-context score is 88/100, which is the better predictor of whether long-document details are actually retained.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash good for coding?
Its coding aggregate is 64/100, rank #17 of 22. It is adequate for scripts and assisted completion rather than the most demanding SWE-style work.
Can I self-host Gemini 3.5 Flash?
No. It is a closed managed API; there is no weights download.
How strong is it in Chinese and on multimodal inputs?
Chinese score is 72 versus English 85; multimodal aggregate is 86/100 (rank #7), accepting text, image, audio, video.