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Gemini 3.5 Flash
ActiveCurrent recommended default; beats Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding benchmarks at ~25% lower cost. 1M context. Released May 19, 2026.
About this version
Gemini 3.5 Flash is the current recommended default model in Google’s Gemini family, launched on May 19 2026 and classified as a fast‑tier offering that remains active. It expands the context window to one million tokens and delivers comparable coding performance to its predecessor Gemini 3.1 Pro while reducing cost by roughly 25 percent.
- API string
- gemini-3.5-flash
- Context window
- 1M ctx
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jan 1, 2026
- Tier
- Fast
- Released
- May 19, 2026
Release & change timeline
1 event- Release
Gemini 3.5 Flash released
Launched at $1.50/$9.00; beats Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding benchmarks at ~25% lower cost. Current recommended default.
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