# Gemini 3.5 Flash

Google, released 2026-05-19

**Verdict: recommended.** Google's cost-efficiency standout for agentic desktop automation at $1.50/$9 per 1M tokens with ~1M context. Native Computer Use scores 78.4 on OSWorld-Verified — within 0.3 points of GPT-5.5 at roughly one-third the cost. THE relevant caveat: the Computer Use tool is a public preview not yet in the production API, so verify endpoint availability before wiring in. Last verified 2026-07-07.

## Pricing

- Input: $1.50 / 1M tokens
- Output: $9 / 1M tokens
- Context: 1M tokens

## Strengths

- Cost-efficient agentic desktop automation — 78.4 OSWorld-Verified (ties GPT-5.5) at roughly 1/3 the cost, with native Computer Use and built-in security controls
- High-volume multimodal workloads — native text/image/audio/video pipeline with a ~1M-token context window at $1.50/$9 per 1M
- Google Workspace and Vertex AI ecosystem users — zero-migration integration, plus Search/Maps/function-calling in a single agent context
- Production computer-use today — the Computer Use tool is a public preview not yet exposed for 3.5 Flash in the production API; confirm the endpoint before shipping
- Hardest frontier reasoning and top-end coding — Opus 4.8, Fable 5, and GPT-5.6 lead there; Flash is the cost-efficiency tier, not the ceiling

## Sources

- [Neomanex — Gemini 3.5 Flash Computer Use Ties GPT-5.5 at 1/3 Cost](https://utility.neomanex.com/news/gemini-35-flash-computer-use)
- [Gemini API pricing (Live Extended Thinking: $0.75/$4.50 text, $3/$12 audio)](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
- [Google AI Blog](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-computer-use-gemini-3-5-flash/)

Canonical: https://neomanex.com/models/gemini-3-5-flash