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Google Gemini 3.6 Flash

Built by Google · US · United States · First tracked 22 Jul 2026 · Pricing verified 11 Aug 2026
#8Global rank
3.44%Routed share
▲ 18places upThis week
3 weeks ranked · 1 in top 10Streak
#8Peak rank
Mid costPrice position
Model economics
Input
$0.75
/ 1M tokens
Output
$3.75
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.075
/ 1M tokens
Free tier
on OpenRouter
Context window
1M
tokens
Weights
Proprietary
license basis

Live per-token pricing via OpenRouter, verified 11 Aug 2026. Batch and long-context tiers are not published in the feed, so they are omitted rather than estimated.

What would it cost you?
Estimated monthly cost
$0
Input (uncached)$0
Cached input$0
Output$0
$0 per completed task

An estimate from published per-token pricing and your assumptions. Actual costs vary by provider and usage tier.

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Price and adoption

Routed-token share over time. A price line joins it as real changes are recorded.

0%1%2%3%4% 3.44% 28 Jul 2026: 0.55%4 Aug 2026: 0.77%11 Aug 2026: 3.44% 28 Jul4 Aug11 Aug
All 3 tracked weeks · 28 Jul to 11 Aug. Longer periods open as the record grows.
Price-to-adoption position
Momentum builder

Mid cost · adoption rising. Observed relationship, not proof of causation.

Speed & reliability

Availability monitoring is derived from OpenRouter provider uptime; it refreshes with the daily build. Latency and throughput are not exposed by the data source, so we do not report them rather than estimate.

Capabilities
Context window1M
Reasoning Supported
Tool calling Supported
Structured output Supported
Image input Supported
Audio input Supported
Video input Supported
Open weights Proprietary
API availability Yes
Commercial licenseVerify terms with the provider
At a glance
Observed by yellow3
Current rank
#8
Peak rank
#8
Routed share
3.44%
Peak share
3.44%
Weeks ranked
3
First tracked
22 Jul 2026
Region of origin
US · United States
Model facts
Provider
Google
Model family
Not publicly disclosed
Release date
Not publicly disclosed
Type
Multimodal (text + image)
Modalities
text, image, video, file, audio
Context window
1M tokens
Weights
Proprietary
License
Not publicly disclosed
Why it is moving
Observed data

In the week ending 11 Aug 2026, Google Gemini 3.6 Flash rose 18 places to #8 with 3.44% of routed tokens and a peak rank of #8. Over 3 tracked weeks its routed share has moved from 0.55% to 3.44% (+2.89 pp).

yellow3 analysis

A sourced weekly interpretation of what is driving this model's routing is added as the record accumulates. yellow3 does not publish a reason for movement unless the routed-traffic data or a cited source supports it.

Rank history
Week endingRankRouted shareΔ shareMovementRegion rankStatus
11 Aug 2026#83.44%+2.67▲ 18places up#2ranked
4 Aug 2026#260.77%+0.22▲ 4places up#15ranked
28 Jul 2026#300.55%NEW#19NEW
Price history
DateInput / 1MOutput / 1MChangeSource
6 Aug 2026$0.75$3.75▼ 50%OpenRouter listed price
31 Jul 2026$1.50$7.50▲ 100%OpenRouter listed price
28 Jul 2026$0.75$3.75OpenRouter listed price
Milestones
  • 22 Jul 2026First trackedDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 11 Aug 2026Entered top 20Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 11 Aug 2026Entered top 10Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 11 Aug 2026Peak routed share 3.44%Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 11 Aug 2026Biggest weekly rise +18 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
Sources & methodology

Region reflects where the model's developer is headquartered. Figures are OpenRouter routing traffic, aggregated over a trailing seven days - developer routing behaviour, not the whole market.

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