# Gemma 3 1B vs Mercury 2.5

> Gemma 3 1B has enough public results to be ranked (#348); Mercury 2.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-1b-vs-mercury-2-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Mercury 2.5 leads 22.4 to 9.6.
- Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Inception |
| Noometry Index | 20.7 | 30.2 |
| Rank | 348 | — |
| Context | — | 260K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.04 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 1B: —
- Mercury 2.5: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | — | 301.65 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144)
- Mercury 2.5: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260)
- Mercury 2.5: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310)
- Mercury 2.5: 22.4

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 3% |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309)
- Mercury 2.5: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 1B better than Mercury 2.5?

Gemma 3 1B has enough public results to be ranked (#348); Mercury 2.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Mercury 2.5 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Mercury 2.5 has 2.