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Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Inception: Mercury 2

Mercury 2 (medium) leads on average score with 7.0 vs 6.8. Mercury 2 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.093 vs $0.300. Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) is faster at 2.65s vs 2.72s, with pass rates of 65.2% vs 51.5%.

Recommended modelMercury 2 (medium)It has the best score here (7.0), while costing about 3.2x less than Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal).

Last updated at: 2026-07-18

Metric Gemini 3.5 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash minimal Release: 2026-05-19 Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24
Score 6.8 7.0
Rank #87 #77
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 8.8
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 65.2% 51.5%
Flaky tests 1 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 2.138 0.928
Total Cost $0.300 $0.093
Input Price $1.500 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $9.000 / 1M $0.750 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 100,753 109,572
Output Tokens 16,454 10,313
Reasoning Tokens 0 76,806
Response Time (avg) 2.65s 2.72s
Response Time (max) 25.26s 14.63s
Response Time (total) 58.27s 57.12s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#87 Gemini 3.5 Flash

minimal
Cost
$0.041
Time
20.4s
Tokens
4,608 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 5.6 9.9 33.3% 0 2.75s 8,122 3,456 0
Mercury 2 8.2 7.7 77.8% 1 2.04s 7,065 296 11,328

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