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Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Mercury 2 (medium)

Mercury 2 (medium) leads on average score with 7.0 vs 6.9. Mercury 2 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.094 vs $1.093. Mercury 2 (medium) is faster at 2.95s vs 10.18s, with pass rates of 69.7% vs 53.0%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-03

Rank
#139
Total Output Tokens
119,100
Response Time (avg)
10.18s
Total Cost
$1.093
Rank
#131
Total Output Tokens
87,554
Response Time (avg)
2.95s
Total Cost
$0.094
Recommended model Mercury 2 (medium)

It has the best score here (7.0), while costing about 11.7x less than Gemini 3.5 Flash.

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3.5 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash none Release: 2026-05-19 Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24
Score 6.9 7.0
Rank #139 #131
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.9 8.4
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 69.7% 53.0%
Flaky tests 3 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 7.805 0.933
Total Cost $1.093 $0.094
Input Price $1.500 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $9.000 / 1M $0.750 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 13,852 110,515
Output Tokens 119,100 10,325
Reasoning Tokens 0 77,229
Response Time (avg) 10.18s 2.95s
Response Time (max) 64.36s 14.63s
Response Time (total) 183.29s 61.89s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) ~100B
Availability Closed Closed

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Hamster playing table tennis

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#139 Gemini 3.5 Flash

none
Cost
$0.225
Time
125.5s
Tokens
25,004 tok

#131 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 8.8 7.8 88.9% 1 34.69s 8,122 75,927 0
Mercury 2 8.2 7.7 77.8% 1 2.04s 7,065 296 11,328

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