Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Mercury 2
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mercury 2 leads 36.2 to 7.0.
- Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 21.1 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2026-02-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 50K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mercury 2: 33.5 (#255)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1171 |
| SciCode | — | 38.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1391 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 785.58 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Mercury 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
Reasoning Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Mercury 2: 23.8 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0.8% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1362 |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Mercury 2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
Knowledge Mercury 2 leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Mercury 2: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1358 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mercury 2: 46.6 (#157)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1304 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mercury 2: 70.2 (#165)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1329 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mercury 2: 40.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1330 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mercury 2: 53.8 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1355 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1289 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1358 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Mercury 2?
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Mercury 2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Mercury 2 has 17.