--- title: Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash and a Mythos rival description: Google launched three new Gemini models at its Flash tier: Gemini 3.6 Flash (better coding, 17% fewer output tokens, $7.50/M output tokens), 3.5 Flash-Lite... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-launches-gemini-3-6-flash-and-a-mythos-rival-1zca2jc0b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash and a Mythos rival | daily.dev og:description: Google launched three new Gemini models at its Flash tier: Gemini 3.6 Flash (better coding, 17% fewer output tokens, $7.50/M output tokens), 3.5 Flash-Lite... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-launches-gemini-3-6-flash-and-a-mythos-rival-1zca2jc0b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1zca2JC0B.png og:image:alt: Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash and a Mythos rival og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash and a Mythos rival **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google launched three new Gemini models at its Flash tier: Gemini 3.6 Flash (better coding, 17% fewer output tokens, $7.50/M output tokens), 3.5 Flash-Lite (fastest at 350 tokens/second), and 3.5 Flash Cyber (a security-focused model targeting software vulnerabilities, positioned as a cheaper rival to Anthropic's Mythos). The flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro remains delayed after reportedly falling short on coding benchmarks, leaving Google without a model in the public top ten. Google also teased Gemini 4 with its 'most ambitious pre-training run yet,' but no release timeline was given. The strategy bets on efficiency and cost savings over raw frontier performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost per million output tokens compared to the previous Flash model? Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $7.50 per million output tokens, down from $9 for its predecessor. It also uses about 17% fewer output tokens for comparable tasks, improves coding and knowledge-work performance, and has a knowledge cutoff extending to March 2026. _Track shifting LLM pricing tiers on daily.dev before locking in a provider for a coding pipeline._ ### What is Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber and how does it compare to Anthropic's Mythos on price? Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber is a cost-efficient security model tuned to find and patch software vulnerabilities inside Google's CodeMender agent, positioned as a cheaper alternative to Anthropic's Mythos, which costs $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. Google claims Flash Cyber matches frontier performance on a key benchmark at a fraction of that price, though it is currently limited to governments and trusted partners in a pilot. _Developers weighing AI security tooling costs can follow this Mythos-versus-Flash-Cyber pricing gap on daily.dev._ ### Why hasn't Google shipped its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model yet? Gemini 3.5 Pro, promised for June, remains in testing after reportedly falling short on coding performance. This has left Google without a model in the public top ten while competitors including xAI's Grok 4.5, OpenAI's GPT-5.6, Moonshot's Kimi K3, and Anthropic's Fable 5 have shipped or lead the leaderboards. _Anyone choosing a coding-capable model provider can watch the Gemini 3.5 Pro delay play out on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash beats the frontier models](https://daily.dev/posts/google-s-gemini-3-5-flash-beats-the-frontier-models-gdirdibym) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Built for intelligence at scale](https://daily.dev/posts/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-built-for-intelligence-at-scale-oz1mpgrn8) · DeepMind · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini), [#ai-security](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-launches-gemini-3-6-flash-and-a-mythos-rival-1zca2jc0b) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash and a Mythos rival","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-launches-gemini-3-6-flash-and-a-mythos-rival-1zca2jc0b","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-launches-gemini-3-6-flash-and-a-mythos-rival-1zca2jc0b"},"datePublished":"2026-07-21T16:38:45.785Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T08:58:23.812Z","description":"Google launched three new Gemini models at its Flash tier: Gemini 3.6 Flash (better coding, 17% fewer output tokens, $7.50/M output tokens), 3.5 Flash-Lite...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/679d819e0a256dc4a2b9599a03b7e2b2?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/679d819e0a256dc4a2b9599a03b7e2b2?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-launches-gemini-3-6-flash-and-a-mythos-rival-1zca2jc0b","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"google,llm,anthropic,google-gemini,ai-security","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash and a Mythos rival"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-launches-gemini-3-6-flash-and-a-mythos-rival-1zca2jc0b#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much does Gemini 3.6 Flash cost per million output tokens compared to the previous Flash model?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $7.50 per million output tokens, down from $9 for its predecessor. 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