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Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Inception: Mercury 2

Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) leads on average score with 9.5 vs 7.0. Mercury 2 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.093 vs $1.976. Mercury 2 (medium) is faster at 2.72s vs 15.07s, with pass rates of 93.9% vs 51.5%.

Recommended modelGemini 3.5 Flash (high)It has the strongest score in this comparison (9.5) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Last updated at: 2026-07-18

Metric Gemini 3.5 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash high Release: 2026-05-19 Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24
Score 9.5 7.0
Rank #2 #77
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.3 8.8
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 93.9% 51.5%
Flaky tests 2 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 9.879 0.928
Total Cost $1.976 $0.093
Input Price $1.500 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $9.000 / 1M $0.750 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 107,137 109,572
Output Tokens 8,777 10,313
Reasoning Tokens 192,900 76,806
Response Time (avg) 15.07s 2.72s
Response Time (max) 145.92s 14.63s
Response Time (total) 331.48s 57.12s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#2 Gemini 3.5 Flash

high
Cost
$0.208
Time
118.2s
Tokens
23,158 tok

#77 Mercury 2

medium
Cost
$0.002
Time
2.1s
Tokens
1,702 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3.5 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 22.96s 8,118 456 47,129
Mercury 2 8.2 7.7 77.8% 1 2.04s 7,065 296 11,328

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