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gemini-3.5-flash vs gemini-3.6-flash

	gemini-3.5-flash	gemini-3.6-flash
Providers	Google	Google
Input $/M	$1.50	$1.50
Output $/M	$9.00	$7.50
Output multiplier	×6.00	×5.00
Context window	1M tokens	1M tokens
Intelligence index	—	40.3
Coding index	70.1	69.2

What the numbers mean

Input pricing is close — 1.00× apart — so the decision should come down to measured quality on your own evaluation set rather than headline cost.

Tags: gemini-3.5-flash — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision · gemini-3.6-flash — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision

Code

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")

# gemini-3.5-flash
client.chat.completions.create(model="gemini-3.5-flash", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])

# gemini-3.6-flash
client.chat.completions.create(model="gemini-3.6-flash", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])

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