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Google Introduces Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O 2026: A Faster and Cheaper Model for AI Agents and Coding
4x faster, 50% cheaper. Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash just reset the coding model playbook.
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Why it matters
Google's new flagship balances capability with efficiency—beating its own model on agentic tasks while dramatically cutting latency and cost, directly impacting the economics of AI agent deployment for enterprises.
The key facts
6 to knowGemini 3.5 Flash beats flagship model on coding benchmarks
Gemini 3.5 Flash beats flagship model on agentic benchmarks
4x faster inference than predecessor
50% lower cost than predecessor
Launched at Google I/O 2026
Positioned for AI agents and coding use cases
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Publisher excerpt: Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash beats its own flagship on coding and agentic benchmarks while running four times faster and at half the cost.