Model comparison
Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Mercury 2
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Mercury 2 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mercury 2 leads 35.6 to 15.5.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 27.1 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2023-12-13 | 2026-02-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 50K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270), Mercury 2: 33.2 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | 1391 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1170 |
| SciCode | — | 38.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 785.58 |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |
Reasoning Mercury 2 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292), Mercury 2: 23.0 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | 1362 |
| CritPt | — | 0.8% |
| DTBench | 45.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.97 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315), Mercury 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1132 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | — |
Knowledge Mercury 2 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286), Mercury 2: 35.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | 1358 |
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.3% |
| MMLU | 70% | — |
Multilingual Mercury 2 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247), Mercury 2: 46.8 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | 1331 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | 1416 |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | 1303 |
| LMArena French | 1144 | — |
| LMArena German | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1118 | — |
Instruction Following Mercury 2 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262), Mercury 2: 70.4 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | 1328 |
Long Context Mercury 2 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244), Mercury 2: 40.4 (#149)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | 1329 |
Writing & Preference Mercury 2 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259), Mercury 2: 54.0 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | 1355 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1130 | 1289 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | 1358 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Mercury 2?
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Mercury 2 better for coding?
Mercury 2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.2 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Mercury 2 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mercury 2 has 17.