# Gemini 3.5 Flash release · 2026-05-19 · snapshot 2026-10-25

Creator: Google · 3 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) | Text, Image, Speech, Video | 32.60 | $4222 | 16.6s | no | `gemini-3-5-flash` |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) | Text, Image, Speech, Video | 33.60 | - | 14.7s | no | `gemini-3-5-flash-medium` |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal) | Text, Image, Speech, Video | 23.80 | - | 3.43s | no | `gemini-3-5-flash-minimal` |

## Launch day (2026-05-19)

- Reached the frontier: 0 of 3
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0
- Rank: did not move the frontier; 46 releases this past year did
- Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) missed: 1.2 points below GPT-5.5 (Medium) at 2.02× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-25T15:21:57Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.