Gemini 3 Flash vs Mercury 2 Comparison

Comparing Gemini 3 Flash and Mercury 2 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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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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Gemini 3 Flash

Input tokens$0.50

Output tokens$3.00

Best providerGoogle

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.

Gemini 3 Flash

Input1,000,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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

3 weeks 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. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.