Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Mercury 2
Google vs Inception — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher intelligence index (92.2 vs 77)
- •Mercury 2 is cheaper ($0.25 vs $1.50 per 1M input)
- •Mercury 2 is faster
- •Gemini 3.5 Flash has a larger context window (1M)
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Mercury 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 92.2 | 77 |
| Developer | Inception | |
| Type | Multimodal | LLM |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $1.50 / 1M | $0.25 / 1M |
| Output price | $9.00 / 1M | $0.75 / 1M |
| Speed | 221 tok/s | 790 tok/s |
| Released | May 19, 2026 | March 4, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Mercury 2
GPQA Diamond
92.2
77
Humanity’s Last Exam
41
15.5