Gemini 4 Carbon (Low) vs Mercury 2

Gemini 4 Carbon (Low) 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 4 Carbon (Low)Off the frontier
Intelligence
54.20
Total cost
$5725
InceptionMercury 2Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
-
Total cost
-
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 4 Carbon (Low)Mercury 2Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)54.2Not reported— not comparable
Total AA cost (lower is better)$5,725.02Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)16.28s13.03s−20.0% Mercury 2 is 20.0% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.25 / $0.75
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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