Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Sakana Namazu: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash is developed by Google, while Sakana Namazu comes from Sakana AI. Gemini 3.6 Flash was released in July 2026, and Sakana Namazu followed a month later in August 2026.
We have 4 benchmark results for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3 benchmark results for Sakana Namazu, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Sakana Namazu is the cheaper API at $0.95 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens, about 58% below Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50 and $7.50. Gemini 3.6 Flash takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 256K for Sakana Namazu. Both accept text and images as input. On tooling, only Gemini 3.6 Flash supports function calling and only Gemini 3.6 Flash offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Sakana Namazu |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Sakana AI | |
| Release Date | July 21, 2026 | August 3, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 256K |
| Context (output) | 66K | 256K |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.50 | $0.95 |
| Output Price / 1M | $7.50 | $4.00 |
| Average Score | 78.5% | 92.4% |
Verdict
Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 3.6 Flash — 0.8, Sakana Namazu — 0.9.
Sakana Namazu is 1.8x cheaper: input $0.95/1M vs $1.50/1M tokens.
Gemini 3.6 Flash supports a larger context: 1M vs 256K tokens.
Both models were released around the same time: 7/21/2026 and 8/3/2026.
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