Model Comparison

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) vs Mercury 2

Mercury 2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mercury 2 is better at 3 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, LiveCodeBench).

Mercury 2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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

Only Mercury 2 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Mercury 2 specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Inception
Mercury 2
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mercury 2 does not.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mercury 2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is licensed under Gemma, while Mercury 2 uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Gemma

Open weights

Mercury 2

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) was released on 2025-05-20, while Mercury 2 was released on 2026-02-24.

Mercury 2 is 9 months newer than Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview).

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

May 20, 2025

11 months ago

Mercury 2

Feb 24, 2026

1 months ago

9mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Mercury 2's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)'s training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Mercury 2's cutoff date.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Jun 2024

Mercury 2

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Supports multimodal inputs
Has open weights
Inception
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher AIME 2025 score (91.1% vs 6.7%)
Higher GPQA score (74.0% vs 24.8%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (67.0% vs 13.2%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Inception
Mercury 2

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) vs Mercury 2

Mercury 2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) 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.
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) scores PIQA: 78.9%, BoolQ: 76.4%, ARC-E: 75.8%, HellaSwag: 72.2%, Winogrande: 66.8%. Mercury 2 scores AIME 2025: 91.1%, GPQA: 74.0%, IFBench: 71.0%, LiveCodeBench: 67.0%, Tau2 Airline: 53.0%.
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) supports an unknown number of 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 multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Gemma vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is developed by Google and Mercury 2 is developed by Inception.