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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 4.6. Mercury 2 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.030 vs $1.976. Mercury 2 is faster at 829ms vs 15.07s, with pass rates of 93.9% vs 22.7%.

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 none Release: 2026-02-24
Score 9.5 4.6
Rank #2 #185
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.3 9.2
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 93.9% 22.7%
Flaky tests 2 2
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 9.879 0.734
Total Cost $1.976 $0.030
Input Price $1.500 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $9.000 / 1M $0.750 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 107,137 88,704
Output Tokens 8,777 9,564
Reasoning Tokens 192,900 0
Response Time (avg) 15.07s 829ms
Response Time (max) 145.92s 4.52s
Response Time (total) 331.48s 18.24s

Hamster playing table tennis

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#2 Gemini 3.5 Flash

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

#185 Mercury 2

none
Cost
$0.002
Time
1.8s
Tokens
1,514 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 3.4 9.6 0.0% 0 1.03s 7,229 3,088 0

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