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  5. Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)vsMercury 2.5
Updated Sep 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)vsMercury 2.5

Mercury 2.5 is cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) at $0.04/M vs $0.15/M input tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) and Mercury 2.5 compared across 1 shared prompts
SpecGemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)Mercury 2.5
Input price$0.15/M tokens$0.04/M tokens
Output price$3.5/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens260K tokens
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Sep 2026
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Mercury 2.5
Mercury 2.5

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Mercury 2.5 costs 23x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)
Input
$0.15
Output
$3.50
Mercury 2.5
Input
$0.04
3.8× cheaper
Output
$0.15
23× cheaper

Mercury 2.5 is cheaper on both: 3.8× input, 23× output.

Where to run it

1 host

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking)

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Mercury 2.51 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Inception$0.04 in·$0.15 out·260k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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Common questions

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) is developed by Google AI while Mercury 2.5 is developed by Inception. Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) has a 1.0M token context window vs Mercury 2.5's 260K. You can compare their actual outputs across 1 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) and Mercury 2.5 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 1 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) costs $0.15/M input tokens and Mercury 2.5 costs $0.04/M input tokens. Mercury 2.5 is $0.11/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (thinking) and Mercury 2.5 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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