Gemini 3.5 Flash might be fast enough for gen AI to make sense

Gemini 3.5 Flash runs 4x faster than other frontier models in output tokens per second while delivering frontier-level intelligence, proving that speed and quality no longer require trade-offs. The model excels at complex long-horizon agentic tasks, enabling developers and auditors to complete in hours what previously took days or weeks, often at less than half the cost of competing frontier models.

Source: Ars Technica | 2026-05-19