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Gemini 3.8 Flash (low) vs Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium)

The average score is effectively tied at 7.5 vs 7.5. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.024 vs $0.239. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) is faster at 3.58s vs 4.83s, with pass rates of 81.8% vs 69.7%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#99
Total Output Tokens
41,324
Response Time (avg)
4.83s
Total Cost
$0.239
Rank
#96
Total Output Tokens
127,034
Response Time (avg)
3.58s
Total Cost
$0.024
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium)

It has the best score here (7.5), while costing about 10.1x less than Gemini 3.8 Flash (low).

Detailed comparison

Metric Gemini 3.8 Flash Gemini 3.8 Flash low Release: 2026-09-02 Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview medium Release: 2026-09-02
Score 7.5 7.5
Rank #99 #96
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.5 9.6
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 81.8% 69.7%
Flaky tests 4 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 1.493 0.158
Total Cost $0.239 $0.024
Input Price $0.750 / 1M $0.040 / 1M
Output Price $3.750 / 1M $0.150 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 111,773 112,713
Output Tokens 8,035 5,436
Reasoning Tokens 33,289 121,598
Response Time (avg) 4.83s 3.58s
Response Time (max) 35.14s 17.84s
Response Time (total) 106.18s 78.66s
Parameters ~500B total (~20B active) ~100B
Availability Closed Closed

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#99 Gemini 3.8 Flash

low
Cost
$0.030
Time
45.8s
Tokens
8,023 tok

#96 Mercury 2.5 Preview

medium
Cost
$0.001
Time
2.7s
Tokens
2,241 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 3.8 Flash 5.4 7.2 44.4% 1 4.31s 8,118 449 5,706
Mercury 2.5 Preview 7.8 10.0 66.7% 0 3.86s 7,839 552 22,126

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