Google releases Gemini 3.6 Flash with 17% lower token costs and improved coding performance

According to Google's official announcement, the company released Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50/1M input tokens and $7.50/1M output tokens, representing a price cut from Gemini 3.5 Flash. The model reduces output token consumption by 17% on the Artificial Analysis Index and improves coding performance to 49% on the DeepSWE test versus 37% for 3.5 Flash. Google simultaneously released Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite as a cost-effective variant and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a security-focused model for vulnerability detection available only to governments and trusted partners in limited pilot.