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Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Inception: Mercury 2

Mercury 2 (medium) leads on average score with 7.0 vs 6.8. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has the lower benchmark cost at $0.085 vs $0.093. Mercury 2 (medium) is faster at 2.72s vs 2.95s, with pass rates of 65.2% vs 51.5%.

Recommended modelMercury 2 (medium)It has the strongest score in this comparison (7.0) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Last updated at: 2026-07-18

Metric Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview none Release: 2025-12-17 Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24
Score 6.8 7.0
Rank #88 #77
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.9 8.8
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 65.2% 51.5%
Flaky tests 3 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.648 0.928
Total Cost $0.085 $0.093
Input Price $0.500 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $3.000 / 1M $0.750 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 104,210 109,572
Output Tokens 10,710 10,313
Reasoning Tokens 0 76,806
Response Time (avg) 2.95s 2.72s
Response Time (max) 21.19s 14.63s
Response Time (total) 44.26s 57.12s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#88 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

none
Cost
$0.003
Time
5.6s
Tokens
981 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 Flash Preview 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 1.80s 8,122 453 0
Mercury 2 8.2 7.7 77.8% 1 2.04s 7,065 296 11,328

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