Gemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal) vs Mercury 2

Gemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal) vs Mercury 2. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
23.80
Total cost
-
InceptionMercury 2Off the frontier
Intelligence
10.80
Total cost
$105
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal)Mercury 2Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)23.810.8−54.6% Mercury 2 is 54.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$104.94— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)3.41s6.65s+95.0% Mercury 2 is 95.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.50 / $9.00$0.25 / $0.75
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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