Model Comparison

Gemini 3 Flash vs Mercury 2

Gemini 3 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Mercury 2 is 3.0x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemini 3 Flash outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Mercury 2 is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mercury 2 costs less

For input processing, Gemini 3 Flash ($0.50/1M tokens) is 2.0x more expensive than Mercury 2 ($0.25/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 3 Flash ($3.00/1M tokens) is 4.0x more expensive than Mercury 2 ($0.75/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Gemini 3 Flash is more expensive than Mercury 2.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 3 Flash
Input tokens$0.50
Output tokens$3.00
Best providerGoogle
Inception
Mercury 2
Input tokens$0.25
Output tokens$0.75
Best providerInception
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 3 Flash accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Mercury 2's 128,000 tokens. Gemini 3 Flash can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Mercury 2 is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Google
Gemini 3 Flash
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Inception
Mercury 2
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 3 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mercury 2 does not.

Gemini 3 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mercury 2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Gemini 3 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Mercury 2

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3 Flash was released on 2025-12-17, while Mercury 2 was released on 2026-02-24.

Mercury 2 is 2 months newer than Gemini 3 Flash.

Gemini 3 Flash

Dec 17, 2025

3 months ago

Mercury 2

Feb 24, 2026

1 months ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Mercury 2's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3 Flash's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Mercury 2's cutoff date.

Gemini 3 Flash

Jan 2025

Mercury 2

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Provider Availability

Gemini 3 Flash is available from Google. Mercury 2 is available from Inception.

Gemini 3 Flash

google logo
Google
Input Price:Input: $0.50/1MOutput Price:Output: $3.00/1M

Mercury 2

inception logo
Inception
Input Price:Input: $0.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.75/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (99.7% vs 91.1%)
Higher GPQA score (90.4% vs 74.0%)
Inception
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemini 3 Flash
Inception
Mercury 2

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3 Flash vs Mercury 2

Gemini 3 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 3 Flash is made by Google and Mercury 2 is made by Inception. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemini 3 Flash scores Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, AIME 2025: 99.7%, Global PIQA: 92.8%, MMMLU: 91.8%, GPQA: 90.4%. Mercury 2 scores AIME 2025: 91.1%, GPQA: 74.0%, IFBench: 71.0%, LiveCodeBench: 67.0%, Tau2 Airline: 53.0%.
Mercury 2 is 2.0x cheaper for input tokens. Gemini 3 Flash costs $0.50/M input and $3.00/M output via google. Mercury 2 costs $0.25/M input and $0.75/M output via inception.
Gemini 3 Flash supports 1.0M tokens and Mercury 2 supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (1.0M vs 128K), input pricing ($0.50 vs $0.25/M), multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemini 3 Flash is developed by Google and Mercury 2 is developed by Inception.