Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) vs Mercury 2

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning) 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 Flash Preview (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
26.30
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 Flash Preview (Reasoning)Mercury 2Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)26.310.8−58.9% Mercury 2 is 58.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$104.94— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.99s8.08s+1.1% Mercury 2 is 1.1% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.50 / $3.00$0.25 / $0.75
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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