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Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) vs Mercury 2.5 (medium)

Mercury 2.5 (medium) leads on average score with 6.8 vs 6.7. Mercury 2.5 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.022 vs $0.300. Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) is faster at 2.65s vs 3.19s, with pass rates of 60.6% vs 65.2%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-08

Compared models

Rank
#163
Total Output Tokens
16,454
Response Time (avg)
2.65s
Total Cost
$0.300
Rank
#157
Total Output Tokens
120,129
Response Time (avg)
3.19s
Total Cost
$0.022
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 (medium)

It has the best score here (6.8), while costing about 13.8x less than Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal).

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3.5 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash minimal Release: 2026-05-19 Mercury 2.5 Mercury 2.5 medium Release: 2026-09-08
Score 6.7 6.8
Rank #163 #157
Reliability 10.0 9.8
Consistency 9.6 8.6
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 60.6% 65.2%
Flaky tests 1 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 2.302 0.181
Total Cost $0.300 $0.022
Input Price $1.500 / 1M $0.040 / 1M
Output Price $9.000 / 1M $0.150 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 100,762 91,402
Output Tokens 16,454 3,138
Reasoning Tokens 0 116,991
Response Time (avg) 2.65s 3.19s
Response Time (max) 25.26s 9.87s
Response Time (total) 58.21s 70.18s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) ~100B
Availability Closed Closed

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#163 Gemini 3.5 Flash

minimal
Cost
$0.041
Time
20.4s
Tokens
4,608 tok

#157 Mercury 2.5

medium
Cost
$0.001
Time
3.8s
Tokens
3,386 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 5.6 9.9 33.3% 0 2.75s 8,122 3,456 0
Mercury 2.5 5.0 5.1 44.5% 2 3.70s 7,807 488 21,857

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