Gemini 3.6 Flash is faster and cheaper, but its object detection regresses
skalskip92 · x · 2026-07-23
Gemini 3.6 Flash is faster and cheaper, but weaker at object detection
The poster says Gemini 3.6 Flash feels like a step up on efficiency: it is faster, cheaper, and uses fewer tokens than Gemini 3.5 Flash.
But the tradeoff is visible in image understanding. On a banana-tree detection prompt, it often returns one broad box instead of several precise ones, so the author describes it as "lazy" and points to a deeper dive.
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