Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Inception: Mercury
Compare Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview by Google AI against Inception: Mercury by Inception, context windows of 1.0M vs 32K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Inception: MercuryRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Input
$2.00
5.0× cheaper
Output
$12.00
Inception: Mercury
Input
$10.00
Output
$10.00
1.2× cheaper
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview wins input (5.0× cheaper)·Inception: Mercury wins output (1.2× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
38%
Inception: Mercury uses 4.3x more emoji
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Inception: Mercury
54%Vocabulary55%
18wSentence Length40w
0.29Hedging0.39
4.9Bold4.9
3.3Lists3.8
0.00Emoji0.04
0.72Headings1.04
0.14Transitions0.03
Based on 23 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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