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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Palmyra X5
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated October 2026
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2/6 models| Organization | ||
| OpenTools Score | 55 12.2 | |
| Family | Gemini | Palmyra |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Jul 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| Context Window | 1.0M tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Input Price | $1.50/M tokens | $0.60/M tokens |
| Output Price | $7.50/M tokens | $6.00/M tokens |
| Pricing Notes | DeepMind model page lists $1.50 input and $7.50 output per 1M tokens with no caching in the performance table. The ai.google.dev API docs were attempted through ScrapingBee and returned HTTP 400, so exact billing details beyond the official DeepMind price table were not used. | Writer direct API Palmyra X5: $0.60 input and $6.00 output per million tokens. Writer Agent bills X5 at $5.00 input and $12.00 output per million; Amazon Bedrock pricing is separate. |
| Capabilities | textvisionaudio-inputvideo-inputpdf-inputreasoningcodingtool-usesearch-groundingcomputer-usestructured-output | textcode |
| Max Output | 64K tokens | 8K tokens |
| API Identifier | gemini-3.6-flash | writer/palmyra-x5 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 50artificial-analysis | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 58.7google-deepmind | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78google-deepmind | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1421google-deepmind | — |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 | 34https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/gemini-3-6-flash | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 92.8283artificial-analysis | — |
| SciCode | 53.3565artificial-analysis | — |
| View Gemini 3.6 Flash | View Palmyra X5 | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra X5Cheapest | $0.60 | $3.00 | $3.60 | — |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $1.50 | $3.75 | $5.25 | +46% |
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google DeepMind general availability Flash model for coding, agentic execution, spatial reasoning, multimodal understanding, and long-context production workflows. Official DeepMind evidence lists 1M input tokens, 64k output tokens, text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, text output, tool use, Gemini API availability, and $1.50 input / $7.50 output pricing per million tokens.
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Palmyra X5
Palmyra X5 is Writer's general-purpose AI model with a 1-million-token context window and an 8,192-token output limit. Writer lists direct API pricing of $0.60 input and $6.00 output per million tokens; X5 is scheduled for deprecation on December 14, 2026.
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